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Directoire style   Listen
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Directoire style  n.  (Dressmaking) A style of dress prevalent at the time of the French Directory, characterized by great extravagance of design and imitating the Greek and Roman costumes.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Directoire style" Quotes from Famous Books



... on discussing things in my presence, as if I were deaf or a piece of furniture. She has the idea that this trick is a habit of the "smart set"; and she would allow herself to be tarred and feathered, in Directoire style, if she could not be ...
— The Motor Maid • Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson



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