The ususal fabric here is a poly-cotton "poplin" but I just cannot go that route in this heat and during the 'Pause!. From Wordnik.com. [Where Do Fat Girls Shop?] Reference
"A poplin by all means, they will be worn altogether.". From Wordnik.com. ['Our Guy' or, The elder brother] Reference
Year's day, and shall wear my pearl-colored Irish poplin. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
She gave the rich violet poplin of her skirt a rueful glance. From Wordnik.com. [One Night Of Scandal]
The designs are digitally scanned then printed onto high quality poplin. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Though now that I think about it, those were their poplin party dresses. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Wear Green Tarletan Dresses - A Dress A Day] Reference
At last, however, she rustled in, smoothing down a stiff poplin dress, with. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Square] Reference
Don't rummage in your pocket; rummage in the pocket of your poplin shirtwaist. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
A tilted urn poured from its mouth a flood of bloodhued poplin: lustrous blood. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
He used densely woven poplin and buttons made out of Australian mother-of-pearl. From Wordnik.com. [Focus On Style] Reference
= A cloth having Cashmere twill on one side or face and poplin cord on the reverse. 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
'Well, if I were a princess, I should like something nicer than plain grey poplin.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Pool in the Desert] Reference
I have some notion of putting such a trimming as this to my white and silver poplin. From Wordnik.com. [Emma]
The blouse is poplin, shirred and embroidered at a décolleté neckline and shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [The Meseta Purepecha] Reference
Jingling the coins in his pockets, a man in a poplin suit stepped up to Carlton's porch. From Wordnik.com. [The Congregation Next Door] Reference
“I seem to be failing apart,” Holly sniffed into her sleeve, wetting the brown poplin. From Wordnik.com. [SEASONS OF GOLD] Reference
The weave is similar to that of ordinary rep or poplin, being a simple round-corded effect. 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
The addition of a Hamburg lace collar on the plain poplin dress made her feel grand indeed. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
Obediently, she stripped off the magenta twill and wriggled into a day gown of blue poplin. From Wordnik.com. [The Perfect Lover]
Then turned to me and asked if it was “okay” to be wearing a poplin suit this early in June. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Feeling Safer?] Reference
Linen, poplin, or seersucker breaks the suffocating and stultifying uniform out of its dull uniformity. From Wordnik.com. [Lighten Up: Rediscovering The Summer Suit] Reference
I climbed on the wall and jumped and tumbled, rolling over on my right shoulder and tearing my poplin jacket. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing in the Dark]
My poplin jacket was ruined, probably beyond repair after my fall on the roof where Willie Talbott was killed. From Wordnik.com. [Dancing in the Dark]
There is the great moon-walking American Neil Armstrong in khaki poplin, perfectly suited for Washington in July. From Wordnik.com. [Lighten Up: Rediscovering The Summer Suit] Reference
Rimada smoothed the skirt of the very pale blue silk poplin she had decided to wear and turned a happy face to her. From Wordnik.com. [Cruise To A Wedding]
She wore a "cream-colored poplin with a red rose throwed up in it," and the lace that was on Grandma's wedding dress. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Woman Homesteader] Reference
This trend presented in a poplin shift dress takes it back to basics with a 1950's feel. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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