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Topic: SEWING AND KNITTING

Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: , past participle of appliquer, from Latin applicare; APPLY

appliqué

 noun
     
ap‧pli‧qué [uncountable and countable]
DCDLH the process of sewing pieces of material onto a piece of clothing for decoration, or the pieces themselves
—appliqué verb [transitive]
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