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Another fail safe option is a muslin set to swaddle the baby and a Dock-A-Tot to keep that bundle safe and sound!
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Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
Marie Antoinette was a pioneer of this sartorial transgression, opting to pose for a portrait dressed in a white muslin chemise-like gown — essentially, her underwear — in 1783.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
Place a coffee filter or breathable fabric, like muslin, over the top.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
To use a bluing tablet, wrap the bluing in a cotton or muslin cloth and dip it in a basin of water, gently squeezing the cloth while stirring the blue into the water.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2024
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Hayley Bloomingdale, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2024
Marie Antoinette was a pioneer of this sartorial transgression, opting to pose for a portrait dressed in a white muslin chemise-like gown — essentially, her underwear — in 1783.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
Place a coffee filter or breathable fabric, like muslin, over the top.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
To use a bluing tablet, wrap the bluing in a cotton or muslin cloth and dip it in a basin of water, gently squeezing the cloth while stirring the blue into the water.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Muslin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muslin. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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muslin
noun
mus·lin
ˈməz-lən 
: a cotton fabric of plain weave
Etymology
from French mousseline "muslin," derived from Arabic mawṣilī "of Mosul (a city in Iraq)"
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