tussore

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And it was so funny to see men in suits of blue serge, tweeds, or tussore silk, whirling round with ladies in muslins of every lovely colour.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

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 Diver, Maud

His eyes ran over her close fitting tussore dress, her white kid gloves.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel

These were of light yellow tussore, with a white double collar and a small red tie, sharp-edged white cuffs and highly polished brown boots.

From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

Save for the long French windows, which were now, at midnight, covered with curtains of green tussore silk, there was nothing distinctively foreign about the room.

From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger