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Definition of Hemlines
1. hemline [n] - See also: hemline
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemlines
Literary usage of Hemlines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Affairs of Women: A Modern Miscellany by Colin Bingham (2006)
"By 1927, hemlines were about 18 in. off the floor. Then, just before the 1929
market crash, skirts had already begun to dip. ..."
2. Cruising the Gulags by Michael L. Frankel (1997)
"hemlines were about five centimeters lower than in Russia. The women looked more
sophisticated and comfortable with their newly adopted Western styles than ..."
3. Taking the Profit Out of Drug Trafficking: The Battle Against Money edited by Bill McCollum (2001)
"Like hemlines and neck ties widths, trends in money laundering run in cycles.
What follows is a representative sampling of money laundering schemes which I ..."
4. Architecture and Building (1912)
"K\ ory classified advertiser Is entitled to Insertion nnder one heading.
Under extra hemlines. $5.00 a year each ARCHITECTURAL BRONZE. ..."
5. Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movementby Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen (2002)
"Almost immediately after Le Corbusier's statement appeared in Précisions, women's
fashion took a seemingly backward slide — hemlines dropped and waists came ..."
6. The Law Chronicle: A Monthly Journal (1857)
"... Address hemlines to Note or Letter Paper, 3s. Gd. per ream. If Four Reams are
ordered no charge Is made for Engraving. ..."
7. History of Plymouth County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of by Duane Hamilton Hurd (1884)
"His geniality of disposition and whole- souled hemlines," of manner not only
makes those who are his acquaintances his friends, but even the stranger is ..."
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