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Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: Spanish camisola, from camisa 'shirt', from Late Latin camisia; CHEMISE

camisole

 noun
     
Related topics: Clothes
cam‧i‧sole [countable]
DCC a light piece of women's underwear that covers the chest down to the waist and has narrow bands over the shoulders
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