Wonderful tusser silk draperies fell about her, with ink-spots on the sleeves; her hair was magnificent. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
A cigar, disclosing himself a bald Armenian in tusser silk trousers and. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
(from the Old Norse "landvættir") or the Norwegian "tusser". From Wordnik.com. [RennyBA's Terella] Reference
Loanwords with five recognized spellings include: chador, chadar, chuddar, chudder, chaddar ` woman's cloth head covering '; mahseer, mahsir, mahsur, mahaseer, mahasir ` freshwater fish'; mali, mallee, mallie, mally, molly ` member of a gardening caste '; naik, naig, naique, naigue, nayak ` leader, corporal'; and tussah, tusseh, tusser, tussor, tussur ` tan silk; also the silkworm producing it. '. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1] Reference
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