pongee

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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

Gwynne had exchanged his khaki riding-clothes for corduroy; and Isabel's habit, although still dust-colored, was made of cloth instead of pongee.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

"It isn't necessary," said the widow, as she spied an excited porter running toward them, clutching a pongee coat, a silver hand bag and a violet parasol.

From The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man by Rowland, Helen