Adjective : a velveteen jumper. From Dictionary.com.
"Fool of a dog, that," said the man in velveteen; "can't keep quiet. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Body?] Reference
The illustration shows this method of applying the velveteen which is first stitched to the lining and turned with the edge. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
"Heel," said the man in velveteen, violently. From Wordnik.com. [Whose Body?] Reference
I love that line, the international man of velveteen. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2002] Reference
He took to brown velveteen and to patent leather boots. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
The red velveteen waistcoat they had already identified. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOK? the velveteen rabbit is eeeeevil!. From Wordnik.com. [evolver Diary Entry] Reference
The joining of the velveteen should be near the seam in the back. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
In it lay a velveteen jacket folded, a scarf, scarlet and spotted. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
A blue velveteen sleeper sofa had been opened to a queen-size bed. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
Miriam's red velveteen suit, a piece of which formed the waistcoat. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
"How much do you want for him?" said the showman in the velveteen coat. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Lionheart] Reference
To polish furniture, use a piece of velveteen instead of chamois leather. From Wordnik.com. [Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use] Reference
All she did was look at it and it became pristine quilted blue velveteen. From Wordnik.com. [What Dreams May Come]
He held the velveteen cap in his hands, playing with it, caressing it, watching her. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Cross] Reference
They look best mounted upon plush or velveteen, but are often mounted upon Liberty's. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 353, October 2, 1886.] Reference
Fustian, a kind of corduroy or velveteen, was originally woven at Fustat on the Nile. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
The velvet ranges from eighteen to twenty-four inches in width and velveteen twenty-seven. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
It was a man in a cloak of purple-rose velveteen, holding a staff and a book of some sort. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
The strangers were dressed in corduroy trousers, velveteen coats, slouch hats and black ties. From Wordnik.com. [Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events] Reference
Any nap should run downward, except with velvet or velveteen, in which it should run upwards. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
If of heavy or lined goods the finish should be velveteen or braid the same color as the skirt. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
"It was all totally unexpected," gushes Elayne splendent in ostrich-feather-trimmed red velveteen. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Naugahyde Thing] Reference
"It looks to me very much like a red velveteen suit I saw somewhere once upon a time," observed Grace. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School The Merry Doings of the Oakdale Freshmen Girls] Reference
Two Uses for velveteen -- Old velveteen, fastened over a firm broom, is excellent for wiping down walls. From Wordnik.com. [Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use] Reference
The upper edge of the velveteen is secured as before by turning and hemming or catstitched without turning. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
The right side of the velveteen should be carefully basted with small, even stitches to the edge of the facing. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
The bottom of the raw edge is turned up, basted close to the edge allowing the velveteen to show a very little. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
When that citizen further chanced to be clad in a suit of bright-colored velveteen the effect was much enhanced. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
There the brown velveteen and the patent leathers and the watch made a great impression, and the eight sovereigns. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
At one of these the showman in the velveteen coat was standing, and he instantly opened an inner compartment and, giving. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Lionheart] Reference
Darby wore a velveteen suit which had once been black, but now, from stress of wear and weather, had turned a sickly green. From Wordnik.com. [Two Little Travellers A Story for Girls] Reference
Mauve is now a very fashionable colour, and would mix well with dark velvet or velveteen of the same colour for the autumn. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886] Reference
In weaving plush, velvet and velveteen, loops are made in the filling or warp threads which are afterwards cut, producing the pile. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
They had had visions of a creation in which two Liberty scarfs and a velveteen table cover were combined in a felicitous harmony of color. From Wordnik.com. [Different Girls] Reference
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