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Maass traced her rounds, dressed in crisp blue-and-white stripes, white muslin cap with a black ribbon, thermometer pushed through a buttonhole.—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 Dab a little Mod Podge on your pumpkin and glue down the edge of the cheesecloth, muslin or gauze.—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Stuff bags to maintain their shape, keep clothing in garment bags, and use muslin bags and lavender sprays to keep out moths that eat natural fabrics like silk, wool and fur, said Liana Satenstein, host of eBay’s Endless Runway secondhand fashion show.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 The film aimed to bring muslin to life on screen not only as historical artifact but as tactile, living craft.—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muslin
Word History
Etymology
French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Arabic mawṣilī of Mosul, from al-Mawṣil Mosul, Iraq
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