Their minds and persons were composed of that fibre which constitutes nature's veriest huckaback. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 285, December 1, 1827] Reference
Each pupil should provide sufficient denim, percale, huckaback, or other washable material to cover the two sides of a holder 7 inches square, and enough outing or canton flannel for a double lining. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
Had she not her chest of linen ready for her humble house-keeping, with store of serviceable huckaback and piles of neatly folded kerchiefs, wherefrom this one that showed so white against her black face was taken, for that she knew her eyes would betray her in. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860] Reference
Briggs would be half-way through his window dressing, and Gosling, the apprentice, busy, with a chair turned down over the counter and his ears very red, trying to roll a piece of huckaback — only those who have rolled pieces of huckaback know quite how detestable huckaback is to roll — and the shop would be dusty and, perhaps, the governor about and snappy. From Wordnik.com. [The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll] Reference
Maudie here is doin 'an ocean-wave huckaback cushion now, I see. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Chance] Reference
Rath remembers sending huckaback work, hand-embroidered tea towels she had made. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.pantagraph.com] Reference
Under one of the windows was a small table covered with a threadbare huckaback towel. From Wordnik.com. [Captivity] Reference
Give him the finest huckaback, and Mr. Montfort is easy satisfied, so long as there's no fringes. From Wordnik.com. [Fernley House] Reference
"Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Mr. Polly] Reference
Parsons disappeared behind the partition for a moment and reappeared instantly, gripping a thin cylinder of rolled huckaback. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Mr. Polly] Reference
You are huckaback on the other side of the Channel, and you wear out the poor Irish linen, let the justice of the case be what it may. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2)] Reference
You may as well ask a loom which weaves huckaback, why it does not make cashmere, as expect poetry from this engineer, or a chemical discovery from that jobber. From Wordnik.com. [The Conduct of Life (1860)] Reference
Is it a small thing, I ask you, to teach the qualities and fine shades of damask, and the high-lights of huckaback? or the different cuts of meat, and when what is in season?. From Wordnik.com. [Fernley House] Reference
Madame Danois, in the Fairy Tales, used to tapestry them with jonquils; but as that furniture will not last above a fortnight in the year, I shall prefer something more huckaback. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3] Reference
There were three huckaback cushions standing stiff and grand on the high back of the lounge, and another one made of little buns of silk beside them, all far beyond the reach of mortal head. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Chance] Reference
There was something else running in Faith's mind; for after abstractedly setting down one after another several saucers, polished from the hot water and huckaback, she dropped her towel and flung both arms round her mother's neck. From Wordnik.com. [Say and Seal, Volume I] Reference
The linen tablecloth was either of holland, huckaback, dowlas, osnaburg, or lockram -- all heavy and comparatively coarse materials -- or of fine damask, just as to-day; some of the handsome board-cloths were even trimmed with lace. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
Had she not her chest of linen ready for her humble house-keeping with store of serviceable huckaback and piles of neatly folded kerchiefs, wherefrom this one that showed so white against her black face was taken, for that she knew her eyes would betray her in. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Venner] Reference
A very soft sponge and very fine towel take the place of your terrible huckaback arrangement. ". From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
“Say I can’t dress a window, you thundering old Humbug,” he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Mr. Polly] Reference
Jemmy Cole, in London, with an account that he sent by such a vessel (for I remembered all the particulars to a title), so many pieces of huckaback linen, so many ells of Dutch holland and the like, in a box, and a hamper of flint glasses from Mr. Henzill’s glasshouse; and that the box was marked I.C. No. 1, and the hamper was directed by a label on the cording. From Wordnik.com. [Moll Flanders] Reference
"slop" work, good flannel for under-shirts, or for making up into Crimean shirts, Nottingham drill, good towelling, huckaback, ought to be worth while to send out, and if bought in large quantities at the manufacturer's, it would pay us to get it in England, especially if the said manufacturer reduced the price a little in consequence of the use to be made of his goods. From Wordnik.com. [Life of John Coleridge Patteson]
Away went I, and getting materials in a public house, I wrote a letter from Mr. John Richardson of Newcastle to his dear cousin Jemmy C.le, in London, with an account that he sent by such a vessel (for I remembered all the particulars to a title), so many pieces of huckaback linen, so many ells of Dutch holland and the like, in a box, and a hamper of flint glasses from Mr. Henzill's glasshouse; and that the box was marked I.C. No. 1, and the hamper was directed by a label on the cording. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders]
"Wait till I get my towel," gasped Glyn as he raised his face for a moment, and directly after -- sounding half-smothered in huckaback, and coming in spasmodic jerks -- the boy panted out, "I guess it's about four o'clock now. From Wordnik.com. [Glyn Severn's Schooldays] Reference
I passed all the last week at Park-place, where one of the bravest men in the world, who is not permitted to contribute to our conquests, was indulged in being the happiest by being with one of the most deserving women -- for Campbell-goodness no more wears out than Campbell-beauty -- all their good qualities are huckaback. (. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2] Reference
A huckaback about the waist. From Wordnik.com. [Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses] Reference
Soda and pearlash, huckaback and sand. From Wordnik.com. [Social relations in our Southern States,] Reference
Under certain circumstances — as, for instance, hats, baby linen, gloves, silks, lace, or curtains — he would simply have bowed politely, and with a drooping expression, and making a kind of circular sweep, invited you to “step this way,” and so led you beyond his ken; but under other and happier conditions, — huckaback, blankets, dimity, cretonne, linen, calico, are cases in point, — he would have requested you to take a seat, emphasising the hospitality by leaning over the counter and gripping a chair back in a spasmodic manner, and so proceeded to obtain, unfold, and exhibit his goods for your consideration. From Wordnik.com. [The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll] Reference
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