tussore
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Silk may also be bleached with peroxide of hydrogen, but this method is only used for certain qualities of spun silk and for tussore.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Among the first to appear aft was an immense individual, wearing a loose tussore suit, a huge pith topee, and a black and yellow cummerbund.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
He wore a very new school blazer and real cricket trousers, with a flannel shirt and school tie that gave Roy's tussore shirt and soft brown bow almost a girlish air.
From Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Maud Diver
Margot, in yellow tussore, had hair a shade darker and curlier, and her eyes were hazel.
From Non-combatants and Others by Dame Rose Macaulay
His eyes ran over her close fitting tussore dress, her white kid gloves.
From A Bed of Roses by Walter Lionel George
