balmoral

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For underwear, we wore balmoral petticoats and osnaburg drawers.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration

You remember I promised to make a dress for Effie Deans out of that blue and brown plaid like Johnnie's balmoral.

From What Katy Did Next by Coolidge, Susan

Lady Ouseley frequently had the honor of being escorted by the President in her afternoon walks, sometimes attended by her daughter, who wore the first crimson balmoral petticoat seen in Washington.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley

Well, if that ain't our Letty's red balmoral.

From The Children's Portion by Shoppell, Robert W.

Wintertime, I wore a balmoral petticoat, osnaburg drawers, and er-r-r.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration