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noun (pl2=trousseaux)
- (obsolete) A bundle.
- The clothes and linen etc. that a bride collects for her wedding and married life.
- 1918: Consequently, having decided to divide her daughter's into two parts, a lesser and a larger, the Princess eventually consented to have the wedding before Advent. " Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, tr. Louise & Aylmer Maude (Oxford 1998, p. 435)
Translations: - Italian: corredo
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: ajuar
Etymology: From French, trousseau, diminutive of trousse "bundle".
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