tussore

Example Sentences

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It was written in every line of his drawn fever-worn face, and in his wide fever-lit eyes, and in the clutch of his long yellow hands upon his tussore silk dressing-gown.

From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Cholmondeley, Mary

When you've quite finished that," she remarked presently, "there's a tussore frock of my own I want to consult you about.

From The Lamp in the Desert by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

He made her his bow, plying a broad straw hat and a billowy handkerchief of tussore silk.

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John

We had frocks of tussore silk, with bouquets of orchids and Penelope Boothby caps.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida

She was drawing on her tan gloves now, and unfurling a parasol of tussore silk with a heavy lace fall.

From Wild Kitty by Meade, L. T.