He is buttoned in English broadcloth to the chin. From Wordnik.com. [Uncollected Prose] Reference
Rags and red herrings, and broadcloth and books, and O. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
Two bolts heavy broadcloth, for overcoats, valued at. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
With him overalls command as much respect as broadcloth. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Business Etiquette] Reference
It's the burglar in broadcloth that makes us the trouble. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
It had always shone so bravely against the soft blue broadcloth. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
"She means broadcloth," murmured Mrs. Bainbridge under her breath. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
It would take a good deal of money to make me forget the broadcloth. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
To illustrate: broadcloth should have a smooth face and a nap evenly laid. 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
Englander in broadcloth coat, velvet collar, bell-crowned hat and heavy boots. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
His heavy black broadcloth was soaked through and through, and weighed him down. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
If you did not know this to be broadcloth you would speak of it as woolen goods. 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
This speaks for the superiority of the surfaces over those polished on broadcloth. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Miss Sallie was resplendent in a pearl gray broadcloth and a hat of violet orchids. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail] Reference
Gentlemen of the genteel world, in shining broadcloth, touch glasses and answer -- "yes!". From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
= Of the broadcloth range, made with shiny napped face, soft finish, as the pelt of a doe. 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 broadcloth used for women's clothing is of a lighter weight and is generally piece dyed. 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
Over this was raised a canopy covered with broadcloth, and surmounted by a magnificent eagle. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
The origin of broadcloth dates back to early times, the first historical mention of it being made in 1641. 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
Boston, appears in his seat with a complete suit of American manufactured broadcloth, of an elegant colour. From Wordnik.com. [The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts] Reference
And about them was the odour of musty, mildewed broadcloth, taken out of damp presses only on such occasions. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Venetian cloth has not so much felting as broadcloth; it shows the weave more, but has the same lustrous finish. 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
They were very attractive overcoats, contrasting effectively with the red broadcloth, gold-trimmed band uniforms. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
The effect produced therefore was that of a broadcloth sleeve, carefully brought around two slender shoulders, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Drew had forgotten the feel of linen next to his now seldom clean skin, the set of broadcloth across the shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
His clothes are of broadcloth, and were once fashionable and good, but now they are torn to rags, and soiled with filth. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
His neighbors sold tulle, broadcloth, linen; he was inclined to sell everything, but could not make up his mind just what. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Senator ---- pulled me back, and to the astonished little fellow now struggling from under my broadcloth, I was presented. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
Two blocks away we try to lose uncomfortable ideas in an atmosphere of spermaceti, hot broadcloth, jockey club and terrapin. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
She studied the green walls with their delicate frescoing, then cautiously leaned back against the President's broadcloth vest. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
As the infant world ascended from cambric and dimity to broadcloth and crinoline, its propensity for investigation grew stronger. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
Jervase in his black broadcloth and shining silk hat brandished his umbrella in the rear, and there was not another soul in sight. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
They cover these coffins with handsome red broadcloth, and deposit in each all the trinkets and valuables belonging to the departed. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870] Reference
In this instance it was an opera-cloak of rose-colored broadcloth, wadded, and lined with white brocaded satin, soft and light and warm. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Marley, Honey] Reference
Prim and stolid, he sat before her, faultlessly dressed in a suit of black broadcloth, his neck wound with an immaculate white neckcloth. From Wordnik.com. [Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian] Reference
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