tussore
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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
