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These are two pieces of pongee, which will do for wadded coats and jupes as well.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
After the things had been despatched, Ch'ing Wen and She Yüeh divested themselves of their remaining fineries and changed their jupes and jackets.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
These dresses should be made with two jupes, simply edged with a broad hem.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
Dresses of white crape have been made with double jupes, or with three flounces, the latter edged with pink-ruches, or with four or five rows of narrow ribbon.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
Lank-haired haggard faces; shapes rawboned, in high sabots; in woollen jupes, with leather girdles studded with copper-nails!
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
