pongee
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For a visit to the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, my grandmother sewed the girls white pongee dresses with red and blue belts, and matching red and blue capelets.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2018
On the Democratic side of the aisle, in the rear row, Heflin of Alabama shone, his elephantine frame resplendent in cream colored pongee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paul Vories McNutt is merely Garner in a high hat, a white vest, a pongee silk scarf, pumps, and the glamour of a movie hero.
From Time Magazine Archive
Have the wood-work a trifle darker and find some material for the walls or have them color-washed a few shades darker than the pongee.
From Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge by Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke) Smith
Leila sprang from her chair and made one dive toward a diminutive young woman in a pongee traveling coat and white sports hat.
From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Pauline Lester
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