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There are many varieties of unglazed, half-bleached linens, from that thirty-six and forty inches wide, used for chair-back covers, to that ninety inches wide, used for large table-covers, curtains, &c.

From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

The nymph of the Danube was habited in a faded green cloak and straw bonnet, with limp and half-bleached pink ribbons clinging to its form.

From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell

They were just the half-bleached colour of the worms and things one sees preserved in spirit in a zoological museum.

From The Time Machine by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)