flannelette
Britishnoun
Vocabulary lists containing flannelette
Example Sentences
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I lurk in the corner of the hallway in my flannelette pajamas, hoping to catch a glimpse of him.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
She feeds me a cup of milky tea and puts me into bed with a hot water bottle and flannelette sheets, and spreads two extra blankets on top.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
We had flannelette sheets, like children’s, and army-issue blankets, old ones that still said U.S.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Mr. Hopkins also had a daughter three or four years older than Michael—a wizened little girl called Flossie who spoke in a sort of hiss and wore very conspicuous underclothing of red flannelette.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
And I needed new flannelette for the Twins’ nighties, and a reefer for little Dinky-Dunk, and an aluminum double-boiler that didn’t leak for me maun’s porritch.
From The Prairie Mother by Becher, Arthur E.
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