mantua
Example Sentences
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“Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
The fabric of Taryn’s is gorgeous, the cut of her mantua and stomacher perfect.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Jane was a very "handy" girl, and prided herself on knowing enough about "mantua making" to get her living if she had need.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Meanwhile all Claudia Merlin's time was taken up with milliners, mantua makers, and jewelers.
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
But women's clothes were made to order in the town by mantua makers, and in the country by travelling tailoresses and sempstresses, or by the deft-fingered wearers.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
