tussore
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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 Sarah Bernhardt
These were of light yellow tussore, with a white double collar and a small red tie, sharp-edged white cuffs and highly polished brown boots.
From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
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
It was written in every line of his drawn fever-worn face, and in his wide fever-lit eyes, and in the clutch of his long yellow hands upon his tussore silk dressing-gown.
From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Mary Cholmondeley
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 George A. Birmingham
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