American cloth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They spun and wove American cloth when men renounced British imports.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
I once asked a village maiden why the people made firewood of carved arm-chairs, when painted pinewood, upholstered in American cloth, is, if lovelier, not so lasting.
From Mary's Meadow And Other Tales of Fields and Flowers by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
In squeegeeing, the tissue should be uppermost, and a sheet of American cloth laid over it to prevent the squeegee from damaging it.
From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.
"You won't unpick the sewing on the American cloth too, will you?" asked Nesta anxiously.
From Queensland Cousins by Haverfield, Eleanor Luisa
Together we went round to the end of the table, and there, surely enough, found a letter pinned to the American cloth, and addressed to my companion in a bold but rather quaint handwriting.
From A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta by Boothby, Guy
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