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a design based on alphabetic letters (usually a person's initials) — often printed on stationery or embroidered (made with sewing stiches) on clothing- I gave her a gift of monogrammed stationery.
monogrammed = decorated with a design based on the initials of her name
- Some of his dress shirts had his initials on the sleeve. Others had his monogram on the breast pocket.
- It was folded, ironed, with "A.B." monogrammed on the front in silvery threads.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- He took his cap, with its gold monogram from, probably, some bank, and threw it in an arc right across the room onto the sofa,Franz Kafka -- Metamorphosis
- It was just a jar of buttons, like the mismatched embroidered pillowcases and monogrammed napkins I tugged from the bins at the Goodwill.Sandra Cisneros -- The House on Mango Street
- It was on Cass's thick, monogrammed stationery with matching envelopes.Sarah Dessen -- Dreamland
- The monogram on her handkerchief, scratchy against my cheek.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- A few monogrammed spoons.Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin
- I splashed my face with water, and blotted it on one of the white monogrammed towels Winifred had set out.Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin
- The remaining monogrammed spoons.Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin
- I picked October, as it is a golden month with better-than-average weather, and my initials would be O.O. for October Owens, which would make an interesting monogram.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- Reenie enjoyed reciting the details of this — the nightgowns, the peignoirs, the kinds of lace on them, the pillowcases embroidered with monograms, the sheets and petticoats.Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin
- We put on display our framed photographs, our parchment diplomas, our silver-plated cups; we monogram our linen, we carve our names on trees, we scrawl them on washroom walls.Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin
- Hidden in the wainscot cupboard was the bag of odds and ends she'd stashed there, that summer of the Water Nixie: the silver teapot, the china cups and saucers, the monogrammed spoons.Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin
- Everything with the Queen Mary name or monogram on it went into a handbag or a suitcase — writing paper, silverware, towels, soap dishes, the works — anything not chained to the floor.Margaret Atwood -- The Blind Assassin
- Several narrow panels, orange and bearing the monogram "HR VIII" in gold letters, are lowered.Robert Bolt -- A Man for All Seasons
- Their shirts were monogrammed and their fingernails manicured.Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Sweat was pouring off his face, and Tradd was wiping him dry with a white linen handkerchief monogrammed with his initials.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- He was holding out to her the tiny monogrammed square.Agatha Christie -- Murder On The Orient Express
- A man with monogrammed shirts, a maid, a mansion, and all he wanted was to finger her belly button.Gish Jen -- Typical American
monogram = a design based on the initials of a name
monogrammed = added as a design that is based on alphabetic letters
monogram = design of alphabetic letters
monogrammed = with initials embroidered on them
monogrammed = imprinted with a design using her initials
monogram = design based on alphabetic letters
monogrammed = engraved with a design based upon initials of a person or family
monogrammed = with a design embroidered on them — usually based upon initials of a person or family
monogrammed = engraved with initials
monogram = design based on alphabetic letters
monograms = a design — usually based upon initials of a person or family
monogram = embroider a design — usually based upon initials of a person or family
monogrammed = engraved with a design based upon initials of a person or family
monogram = identifying design
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