pongee
Example Sentences
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For a visit to the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, my grandmother sewed the girls white pongee dresses with red and blue belts, and matching red and blue capelets.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2018
On the Democratic side of the aisle, in the rear row, Heflin of Alabama shone, his elephantine frame resplendent in cream colored pongee.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paul Vories McNutt is merely Garner in a high hat, a white vest, a pongee silk scarf, pumps, and the glamour of a movie hero.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh get a flannel shirt, white flannel or pongee.
From Sour Grapes A Book of Poems by Williams, William Carlos
When she served the dinner half an hour later, it was in a light-green pongee that seemed to West a triumph of the dressmaker’s art.
From The Brute by Kummer, Frederic Arnold
