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Wondrous Word Wednesday is hosted by Kathy of BermudaOnion
I have found two words in one sentence in the book, Kiss Me Again, Stranger by Daphne du Maurier
Shantung/chartreuse (Page 79): Today she was dressed in silk shantung, the colour of chartreuse, and her hair was not the little-girl hair of yesterday.....
1)shantung
• noun a type of soft silk with a coarse surface.
— ORIGIN from Shantung in China, where it was originally made.
2) chartreuse/shaartröz/
• noun a pale green or yellow liqueur made from brandy.
— ORIGIN named after La Grande Chartreuse, the Carthusian monastery near Grenoble where the liqueur was first made.
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7 comments:
Pretty sounding words today. In the sentence you used, I'm curious about the "little girl hair."
Well, I'll be. I never knew the name for the color chartreuse came from a liqueur! Thanks for the interesting fact!
I like "two for one"'s. Good find.
I knew chartreuse was used to describe a color, but I didn't know what color. Hopefully, this will help me remember. Thanks for participating!
I knew shantung because my all of the dresses in my wedding were made of silk shantung!
I found the origin of chartreuse especially interesting.
Lyrical and beautiful, one instantly gets the imagery intended by the author. Thanks for sharing. I like your blog it is very well written.
All the very best.
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