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
The threepenny charge entitles the tenant to the use of a bunk bedstead with sheets and an American cloth cover.
From Regeneration by Haggard, Henry Rider
His books are carefully covered in brown paper or American cloth.
From John Bull, Junior or French as She is Traduced by O'Rell, Max
The little boys wear sensible carpenters' aprons indoors, made of leather or American cloth; and the little girls still wear bib aprons of black alpaca.
From Home Life in Germany by Sidgwick, Alfred, Mrs.
She led the way into a bare and chilly dining-room; the long table was covered with black American cloth that reminded Olive of beetles, but everything was excessively clean.
From Olive in Italy by Dalton, Moray
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