butcher linen

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noun

a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.

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Also called butcher rayon.

Words nearby butcher linen

butch, butcher, butcherbird, butcher block, butcher knife, butcher linen, butcherly, butcher paper, butcher's, butcher's-broom, butcher shop

How to use butcher linen in a sentence

Davis jumped over a 4-foot porch wall and ran into a house, where he and others crammed themselves into a linen closet.
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Bill, full name William Poole, was a real life butcher, skilled with knives and raised in the art of street fighting.
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De la Renta did design some stuff for Kennedy too—notably, one perfect belted sheath in crisp white linen.
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The edges of the elegant paper are crackled; the ink bled into the linen weave long ago and has not faded.
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He moves her with no more concern for her condition than if she were a bag of dirty linen left behind by housekeeping.
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A was an Archer, who shot at a frog; B was a Butcher, and had a great dog.
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They all wore very large linen collars and black cravats, which gave them a very serious appearance.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
A butcher's boy, running against a gentleman with his tray, made him exclaim, "The deuce take the tray!"
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Sergeant Burton knelt down and gingerly laid his hand upon the stained linen over the breast of Sir Lucien.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
Most of the farmers wore linen dusters and broad straw hats, but their women had put on all their finery.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton