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In a vivid opening scene, Prioleau details the adult Miriam’s arduous toilette, and her reliance on pearl powder to whiten her skin.
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New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
But the French did their own version of a daily toilette.
—Rory Satran, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2021
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New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
In The White Helicopter, Benedict’s toilette is no sooner finished than his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, played by Kaspars Znotiņš, walks in.
—Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
But the French did their own version of a daily toilette.
—Rory Satran, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French
First Known Use
1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Toilette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilette. Accessed 6 Feb. 2023.
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