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Named after the title character of Colette's 1900 novel Claudine à l'école, who was described as wearing it.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A kind of round collar for a blouse. Full definition →
Named after the title character of Colette's 1900 novel Claudine à l'école, who was described as wearing it.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.