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Meanings of fichu in English

Russian
фишю
Spanish
fichú
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Large, often sheer, square scarf or kerchief, folded diagonally into a triangle, worn by women tied, pinned or tucked into the bodice.

        фишю
        Usage of fichu in English
        1
        A colored fichu round the neck was the only ornament she wore.
        Queen Victoria, her girlhood and womanhood
        2
        She had a little white muslin folded fichu about her shoulders.
        Mary Gray
        3
        That collar was a clever idea-andthat fichu of lace.
        His Second Wife
        4
        Bertha wears a dark gown, cut square, with frilled fichu.
        Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter
        5
        It is cut low in the neck, where it is eked out by a creamy fichu.
        The Man of Destiny
        6
        Adjusting his eyeglasses, they slipped from his nose and fell on the lace of her fichu.
        The Second Latchkey
        7
        He liked the lace fichu at her throat.
        Kenny
        8
        The short, puffed sleeves, lace fichu and full, puffed skirt proclaimed it of a bygone generation.
        Patchwork: A Story of 'The Plain People'
        9
        She knotted her fichu round her bare head.
        Madame Bovary
        10
        Her sleek crimps were all ruffled up, and her lace fichu twisted half around her neck.
        Chronicles of Avonlea
        11
        Thereupon a hoarse voice growled confused words under the black fichu: "Yes, yes, madame."
        The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 1
        12
        To our friend both sky and sea were familiar companions; but the fichu was a new friend.
        In and out of Three Normandy Inns
        13
        Still Winona felt it was daring, because the collar was low and sported a fichu of lace.
        The Wrong Twin
        14
        It had a soft fichu about the neck of yellowed muslin, with a pattern of little roses.
        Mary Gray
        15
        The air was warm and caressing, and he let his thin fichu slip away from his breasts.
        Cry to heaven
        16
        She threw the door open and swept in, her skirts wide, a lace fichu around her neck.
        Funeral in Blue
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        Translations for fichu
        Russian
        фишю
        Spanish
        fichú
        Fichu through the time
        Fichu across language varieties
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