The term percale is actually used to describe the tightness of the weave with a thread count of two hundred being the minimum standard. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
When you say the word percale, many think it is a type of fabric. From Wordnik.com. [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference
= Percaline is a highly finished and dressed percale. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
With "fancy imported printed percale" costing about ten cents a yard, plus. From Wordnik.com. ["Make It Yourself": Home Sewing, Gender, and Culture, 1890-1930] Reference
The sheets were midnight-blue percale but the rumpled quilt was covered in silk. From Wordnik.com. [The Ninja]
• Protect a good sofa or hide a hideous one with a heavy flannel or percale king-sized sheet. From Wordnik.com. [How To Avoid Housework] Reference
She would buy so and so many yardsof percale for new shirt waists for the boys and Janie and Mag. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Silk Stockings] Reference
The percale sheets felt crisp and cool against her burning skin as she lay tensely, waiting for the door to open. From Wordnik.com. [The Tycoon's Mistress]
My sling, my very first for my fourth baby, was a pink and white striped percale bedsheet torn down the middle lengthwise. From Wordnik.com. [Arms And The Mom | Her Bad Mother] Reference
On the bed, the poor victim lies spent, her bra straps torn, her mouth agape and leaking blood clots onto the azure percale. From Wordnik.com. [Chiding that tongue that ever sweet was us'd] Reference
The weight of the day and its outcome descended on her slim shoulders, and she slid between the fine percale sheets with care. From Wordnik.com. [Purchased By The Billionaire]
Remember Peter's deathwatch for Roger in DAWN OF THE DEAD 1978 and how dead Roger rose, slowly, from his percale funeral shroud?. From Wordnik.com. [Stick a fork in it] Reference
She wore a percale gown, ecru ground with bright figures. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
Myra smoothed her hair and put on a fresh afternoon percale. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
The best teams are percale, luxury sheets with over a 200-thread count. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
The cottage is furnished in a country style with white percale bedding. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"Two dressing-gowns, one in percale, the other in striped silk, six roubles.". From Wordnik.com. [Marie; a story of Russian love] Reference
The sheets made with a percale weave tend to have a cool, crisp yet soft feel. From Wordnik.com. [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference
I jump in to the big old wooden bed, snowy with what my info calls "percale linen". From Wordnik.com. [Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Flannel and percale bedding is printed with folk art stencil motifs and autumn fruits. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
Waterbed sheets can be found in other fabric types such as flannel, percale and satin. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
The cotton-rich percale sheet set comes in a variety of colorful hues and attractive prints. From Wordnik.com. [Fatwallet.com Hot Deals] Reference
Old Mrs. Bray had sat throughout this conversation, making buttonholes in a new gray percale. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
She would buy so and so many yards of percale for new shirt waists for the boys and Janie and Mag. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening and Selected Short Stories] Reference
Lookout for the term ‘percale’ on the fabric. From Wordnik.com. [Beautiful Duvet Cover Set by Linda Barker] Reference
And Sissy's blue percale!. From Wordnik.com. [Songs and Other Verse] Reference
I hate crawling in on cold percale sheets!. From Wordnik.com. [No Runny Eggs] Reference
By wearing JCPenney's best fitted percale. From Wordnik.com. [Home - BostonHerald.com] Reference
Those at Valerianne's are made from percale. From Wordnik.com. [East Valley Tribune - Today's Top Stories] Reference
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