tussore

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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 Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

We had frocks of tussore silk, with bouquets of orchids and Penelope Boothby caps.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida

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 Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)

Silk may also be bleached with peroxide of hydrogen, but this method is only used for certain qualities of spun silk and for tussore.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

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