India silk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of India silk
First recorded in 1750–60
Example Sentences
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Royal Silk Black Silk Heart Boxers 2.0 Luxurious, lightweight, 100% India silk boxers emblazoned with red hearts ensure he’ll feel your love underneath it all.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
The Chinese, for example, imported Indian cotton cloth, monkeys, parrots, and elephants and sent India silk.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Boston ladies, their skirts all passe- mentarie and furbelow, India silk and jaconet, crowded the chambers, swiveling their hoops and panniers like dames on clocks to navigate the doors.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
The bodice, and short full skirt, were of deep yellow India silk; and the waist was confined with a broad band of violet-coloured velvet, gaily embroidered.
From The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Martineau, Harriet
The finest and softest of French and Scotch flannels, French linen, dimity, nainsook, and India silk are always dainty and they should be made up very simply with little trimming, but that of the finest.
From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz
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