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
In September, 1770, the entire graduating class wore American cloth, as a protest against Great Britain's unjust taxation measures.
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)
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
So I went into exile in the dog-cart to Redwood station, with Jukes the coachman, coldly silent, driving me, and all my personal belongings in a small American cloth portmanteau behind.
From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
The cracked American cloth upon the chest of drawers made this a washstand.
From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford
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