Trousseau

The _trousseau_ will probably be sent down from London in a week, unless she shall go to town to choose it, which is the more likely event, as among French ladies the trousseau is generally a more important matter than the gentleman; and then, I presume, you will be relieved from all _anxiety_ upon the subject. " ❋ Various (N/A)

-- Then, when the day of days arrives for a girl and the trousseau is to be selected, only the best and most becoming garments are to be considered for this great event. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Judith had a happy day buying her spring "trousseau" -- Nancy had cautioned her to lay in a goodly supply of white skirts and middies for the "sports" term -- and then came the looked-for morning when she waited for the Montreal express that was to bring her this best friend -- whom she hadn't met a short seven months before and whom now she was sure she couldn't live without! ❋ Ethel Hume Bennett (N/A)

She was folding carefully the white undergarment she had finished making for her college "trousseau" -- as her father called it. ❋ Jane Abbott (N/A)

The trousseau is another feminine custom that has practically fallen into disuse. ❋ Elena Maria Vidal (2009)

Her trousseau was a mere cartload, given the expense of freight from Rome. ❋ Dietrich, William (2004)

If the check her father furnishes her for her trousseau is a generous one it is a wise provision to put a part of it aside for later use, and in so doing she has the equivalent of a wardrobe that will last her for a year or more. ❋ Joseph Triemens (N/A)

Why the acquisition of a trousseau should be a purely feminine prerogative I have never been able to understand. ❋ Various (N/A)

But the bridegroom without a trousseau is a recognised institution. ❋ Various (N/A)

In spite of pecuniary difficulties the trousseau was to be a wonder; and even ❋ Unknown (1873)

In spite of pecuniary difficulties the trousseau was to be a wonder; and even Lizzie was astonished at the jewellery which that indefatigable woman had collected together for a preliminary show in Hertford Street. ❋ Trollope, Anthony, 1815-1882 (1872)

Isobel's presents were numerous and of a most useful character, for they took the form of articles of clothing, and her trousseau was a varied and extensive one. ❋ Unknown (1867)

Among the valuables of the trousseau was a piece of exquisite lace, that had never been even worn. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

A trousseau was the clothes and household linen, a woman would take into her marriage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unsuspicious Wonota was called into the stateroom in the special car, and there her white friends displayed to her delighted gaze the "trousseau," as Jennie insisted upon calling the pretty frock and other articles sent on by Madame Joné. ❋ Alice B. Emerson (N/A)

Nicholas had jockied the youth out of the promised "trousseau," and handed over his daughter to Sir Edward, with nothing but a few shillings in her purse. ❋ Various (N/A)