linsey
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linseys
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Cora woke in the pit of the night, her head resting on a rolled-up linsey blanket.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
The soldiers of its ranks had not even a uniform—they were clad in buckskin and linsey, leather and fur.
From The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman by Emerson Hough
My mammy work de loom, makin' cloth, and us chillen wears linsey cloth shirts till dey gives us pants.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
Opposite them, on a similar bench, was a row of little girls in linsey dresses and tow-linen pinafores.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne
In de summer us all wore cotton stripe and in de winter, linsey dresses.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
I had to wear de young master's overalls for underwear and linseys for a dress.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration
For winter, there are droguets, reps in worsted and in silk, merinos, tweeds, linseys, and velveteens.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by George Routledge
There is a manufacture of linseys of some consequence, but generally speaking, the trade is much decayed.
From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
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