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
Betty was one of the bridesmaids and wore a white India silk in which she looked quite a beauty.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
The handsomest umbrellas are of blue or brown India silk, with steel frames, and a small silver name-plate on the handle.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza
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