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† teˈresa Obs.
Also theˈrese.
[prob. from the name of the Empress Maria Theresa (1717–1780).]
An article of female attire in the 18th c.: see quot. 1846.
1770Foote Lame Lover iii, Throwing her Teresa aside—upon my soul she is prodigious fine. 1846Fairholt Costume in Eng. (1860) Gloss., Therese, a light gauze kerchief worn over the ladies' head-dress about 1786. |