cambric
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cambric
1520–30; earlier cameryk, after Kameryk, Dutch name of Cambrai
Example Sentences
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And cambric and lawn for new petticoats, long ones and short ones.
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And then, with his money tied up in his fine Sunday cambric handkerchief, he walked up to the village of Wall and bade good morning to the guards on the gate.
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His upper tunic was of white cambric, as fine as a handkerchief, so that the bright red tunic beneath it showed through.
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The R dwarfed the other letters, the tail of it ran down into the cambric, away from the laced edge.
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He churned with excitement on his stool, his blond sausage curls bouncing on his cambric collar.
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