tussore
Example Sentences
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He made her his bow, plying a broad straw hat and a billowy handkerchief of tussore silk.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
Among the first to appear aft was an immense individual, wearing a loose tussore suit, a huge pith topee, and a black and yellow cummerbund.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
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
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 Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
She was drawing on her tan gloves now, and unfurling a parasol of tussore silk with a heavy lace fall.
From Wild Kitty by L. T. Meade
