noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
blue
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Most of them were men, and most of these were peasants wearing their best blue blouses .
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Today I was all-silk, navy blue blouse and skirt.
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Gustave strode in, followed by the five-legged sheep and the showman in the blue blouse .
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She wore white shorts and a blue blouse with white stars.
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The old light blue trousers with white leg stripes could be worn with both the four-pocket blue blouse and the khaki version.
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Finally she pulled out a dark blue blouse with a matching skirt.
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Meg Dennison was in a long black skirt and a blue patterned silk blouse with a bow at the neck.
white
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She was wearing the navy blue skirt and one of the white blouses , with a frilled front.
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Among the tips: Wear a conservative, navy blue suit, a white blouse , low heels and no flashy jewelry.
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When she came back, Alice had changed into a cotton skirt and a white blouse that was too small for her.
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She was standing there half-dressed, a black skirt, no stockings yet, no shoes, a white blouse not buttoned.
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Laura sat just in the margin of his vision, dressed demurely in a tweed business suit and white blouse .
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Charlie stared at her gleaming white blouse and dark blue pleated skirt.
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They are wearing their school uniforms, black jumpers with white blouses and neat black bows at the neck.
■ NOUN
silk
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She wore an ivory silk blouse , frothing at neck and cuffs.
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She wore a cream-colored silk blouse and a full linen skirt nipped in at the waist.
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Liz wears Workshop silk blouse , £85.
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He untied the silk blouse very slowly, to let her know what he was doing.
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I was dressed in a cream linen suit with a light grey silk blouse .
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Her silk blouse is open at the neck, showing two strands of pearls.
■ VERB
wear
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Most of them were men, and most of these were peasants wearing their best blue blouses .
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She wore a cream-colored silk blouse and a full linen skirt nipped in at the waist.
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They can wear a sweatshirt or blouse , with culottes or sweat pants.
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She is wearing a linen blouse , trimmed with lace, and a full blue skirt that swings as she moves.
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She was wearing a white blouse with frills at the cuffs, and a plain black miniskirt.
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She wore an ivory silk blouse , frothing at neck and cuffs.
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He joked with a woman friend wearing a peasant blouse and jeans.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a big girl's blouse
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brown-and-white saddle shoes, white socks, white blouse , the plaid skirt arranged four inches above the knees.
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She wore white shorts and a blue blouse with white stars.
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Suzanne, forty-something, looking respectable in baggy pants and a blouse , used to work here.
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The blouse shaped her very nicely, he thought.
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The burgundy skirt was smeared with grime and buttons were missing from her gaping blouse .
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They can wear a sweatshirt or blouse , with culottes or sweat pants.
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Three tartans, since the skirt, jacket and blouse were all different.