tussore

Example Sentences

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She was drawing on her tan gloves now, and unfurling a parasol of tussore silk with a heavy lace fall.

From Wild Kitty by Meade, L. T.

He made her his bow, plying a broad straw hat and a billowy handkerchief of tussore silk.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

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 Cholmondeley, Mary

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 Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

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 Bernhardt, Sarah