China silk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of China silk
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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Faded stuffed chairs and divans with soft cushions stood in melancholy symmetry around the room, the walls of which were hung with China silk.
From Best Russian Short Stories by Seltzer, Thomas
I got a dandy China silk dress, and some new white kid shoes!
From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair
China silk dissolves completely at 65°-85°; Tussah silk swells considerably at 75° and dissolves at 100°-120°.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
Harry must really be forgetting how you look in anything but tweed and China silk.
From Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
China silk, of colors; ginghams; white cottons; nails; beside other little things, such as Venetian beads; ginger; curry-powder; onions; ghee; &c. &c.
From The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy by Keppel, Henry
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