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noun

Toilet n.

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

A dressing table.

Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. (Written also toilette)

Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room.

Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room.

Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above.

To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully.

Toilette n. See Toilet, 3.

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Etymology of 'Toilette'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Toilette" Quotes from Famous Books

... fashion. He had to stow all the various articles which she extracted from her pockets into a hole in one of the willows, which bole she called the cupboard. The rags supplied the household linen, while the comb represented the toilette necessaries. The needles and string were to be used for mending the explorers' clothes. Provision for the inner man consisted of the little bottle of wine and a few crusts which she had saved from yesterday. She had, to be sure, some ...

— Abbe Mouret's Transgression - La Faute De L'abbe Mouret • Emile Zola

... tones became inaudible, and he began to complete his toilette. His thoughts were busy—to judge from his knitted brows and compressed lips. The decision of his motions at last showed that he had made up his mind to a course ...

— Fort Desolation - Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land • R.M. Ballantyne

... Whittaker noticed a sudden brightening of the eyes, an almost imperceptible movement of the shoulders, as if Miss Cheyne was drawing herself up. The American quickly reflected that the somewhat elaborate "toilette" was unusual, and connected it with the expected visitor. He was not surprised when, with a polite assurance that he had only to ask for anything he might require, she ...

— Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories • Henry Seton Merriman

... very much surprised to see her mother come into the room while she was dressing, busy herself with her toilette, and insist on her putting ...

— Rene Mauperin • Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt

... apparaitre, Vive, jolie, avec un frais chapeau; Deja sa main a l'etroite fenetre Suspend son schal, en guise de rideau. Sa robe aussi va parer ma couchette; Respecte, Amour, ses plis longs et flottans. J'ai su depuis qui payait sa toilette. Dans un grenier qu'on est ...

— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray

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