Toilette

Examples

• Jos was as vain of his person as a woman, and took as long a time at his toilette as any fading beauty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• There, she said, it is not heavy, and will not shame your neat toilette, as if it were a household, servant-like detail. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Sophia appeared to dislike Lord Deerhurst of all things, and complained that he was unusually sparing of soap and water at his toilette. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• When the ladies were separating for the toilette, he said to Elizabeth-- Do not make yourself uneasy, my dear cousin, about your apparel. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Good-bye, good-bye, said I, running downstairs; and when I got home, I had only ten minutes left _pour faire ma toilette_. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• One came from her books, and the other from her toilette. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Seulement pour completer ma toilette. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I wonder, said Miss Eliza Higgins, as she assisted at my toilette, I wonder if the Earl of Fife will be at Vauxhall? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I have got both dress-stockings and breeches upstairs, of Maddan's, replied Amy; and I assisted at the boy's toilette. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You think too much of your 'toilette,' Adele: but you may have a flower. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Monsieur est à sa seconde toilette, actuellement. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I was surprised that she did not come up to my bedroom, that being her constant habit whenever I happened to be at my toilette. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The house was filled with familiar British faces, and those toilettes for which the British female has long been celebrated. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They are a good deal worn now; but, you know, we poor girls can't afford des fraiches toilettes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She would have Sophie to look over all her toilettes, as she called frocks; to furbish up any that were _passees_, and to air and arrange the new. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Elles changent de toilettes, said Adele; who, listening attentively, had followed every movement; and she sighed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

Edited by Jacqueline