canvas duck
Americannoun
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Above is a small container of canvas duck in which the great silken fabric, of 24-ft. diameter when open, is cleverly packed.
From Time Magazine Archive
The principal manufactures are those of flax, canvas, duck, &c., also silk and woollens.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
Had we been able to afford the best quality of canvas duck, such an occurrence would probably have been avoided.
From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)
Tent′-bed, a bed having a canopy hanging from a central point overhead; Tent′-cloth, canvas, duck, &c. suitable for tents.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
We travelled along from town to town A-tryin' to change our luck— With nothin' to taste but bill-board paste An' the 'property' canvas duck.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)
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