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

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

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

Have the wood-work a trifle darker and find some material for the walls or have them color-washed a few shades darker than the pongee.

From Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

Alas for the pretty gown of delft blue pongee which she had donned with girlish satisfaction at luncheon time.

From Marjorie Dean College Junior by Lester, Pauline