Through its gauzy texture her white chemise, trimmed with scarlet embroidery, showed garishly, while the immense sleeves made no pretence of hiding her plump, gold-colored arms.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
I tore off the chemise which I wore under my sailor's dress, and tied it to a piece of bamboo that was lying upon deck.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
And if the doctors order me abroad to drink the waters, I shall be left, heaven forbid, without so much as a chemise.
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz