tussore

Example Sentences

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When you've quite finished that," she remarked presently, "there's a tussore frock of my own I want to consult you about.

From The Lamp in the Desert by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

Hilda's is a tussore silk, frightfully sweet, and I had a blouse with a lot of Carrickmacross lace on it.

From Lalage's Lovers by Birmingham, George A.

I saw before me a man with a large tussore cloak on, a field-glass strapped on his shoulders, a grey bowler hat, and a red, happy face, with a little pointed beard.

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah

His eyes ran over her close fitting tussore dress, her white kid gloves.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel

He made her his bow, plying a broad straw hat and a billowy handkerchief of tussore silk.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John