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 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
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
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
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
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