She wears a gown of rich silk, opening in front to display a chemisette of the most delicate cambric, which is scarcely less delicate than her skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1] Reference
And, to wash it all down, he had a little blue cup of tea, "cambric" of course, quite as his mother would have wished. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
And was in cambric very neatly drest. From Wordnik.com. [Verse Memorials.] Reference
She concludes, and buries her face in her cambric. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
Montford protect her inhaling organs with her perfumed cambric. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
It was of the finest cambric, and bore in the corner the letter C. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
I could get away, I ran to a dressing room and removed the cambric. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
By its side stood the coffin, of unstained pine, lined with white cambric. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
Under the habit a jupon of cambric muslin with a deep border of needlework. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
cambric chemisette, made quite up to the throat, and cambric under-sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
"And you exhibited to him the vial of chloroform and the piece of cambric?". From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
Or worse, ripped off his jacket and revealed a Colin Firth-style wet cambric shirt. From Wordnik.com. [Pride, and plenty of prejudice at PMQs] Reference
Long cloth to some extent resembles batiste, fine muslins, India linen, and cambric. 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
She wiped her eyes with her little cambric handkerchief, which was damp, and said, smilingly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then the muscles of her scrawny throat twitched, and a tear splashed down on the soft cambric. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
Yet they are happy, you say, those two gentle people perpetuating spring on canvas and cambric. From Wordnik.com. [The Spinner's Book of Fiction] Reference
Were she a wealthier miss, she would give them, besides, neat cambric trowsers with lace borders. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
A dark, checked-bordered handkerchief tied over a stiff, cambric frame, entirely envelops the head. From Wordnik.com. [Denmark] Reference
When dry all raw edges or surfaces should be covered with pieces of cambric or lining canvas glued on. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
He meant to say, -- "Make mine 'cambric,' please," for he knew his mother wouldn't have wanted him to take. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Past Seven Stories] Reference
= From Switzerland, where the plain Swiss net and figured cambric is a specialty in the St. Gall district. 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
It didn't belong to Mrs. Farnham, for her baby's clothes were all linen, cambric, and lace, and French work. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
"Your ladyship scarcely gave me time," says Trimmins, demurely, taking an exhaustive survey of her cambric apron. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Around this immense waist and over the apron was drawn a wide sash of bright pink, glossy cambric that was tied in. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
You would have thought a flock of doves had taken flight by the cloud of scented cambric that answered her farewell signal. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
Constance nods, then goes through the arch and returns with a little phial of chloroform, and a fragment of cambric in her hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
If you have got on your cambric and your lace, you need no further contrast for your physiognomical tint; but if you are wearing. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] 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
The lady was clothed in a great robe of gold brocade, and her headcloth, of fine cambric, was turned so that her face was hidden. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
The pupils should consider whether their aprons shall be white or coloured, and whether they shall be of muslin, cambric, or gingham. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
"Show them in," said Constance, at the same time gathering up the piece of cambric and the little vial and putting them in her pocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
Then I made a Mother Hubbard apron of white paper-cambric, also very stiff and shiny, putting a big full ruche of the cambric around neck, yoke, and bottom of sleeves. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
For my head I made a large cap of the white cambric with ruche all around, and fastened it on tight with wide strings that were tied in a large stiff bow under the chin. From Wordnik.com. [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.