outing flannel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of outing flannel
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Soak pieces of gray outing flannel of the desired size—15 by 12 in. is a good size—in this compound.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
White outing flannel, cheese cloth and cheap grade of canton flannel, purchased by the yard at any dry goods store.
From Mending and Repair of Books by Brown, Margaret Wright
The bifurcated article of wearing apparel was of outing flannel, roomy where amplitude was most needed, gathered at the waist with a drawstring, confined at the ankle by a deep ruffle—a garment of amazing ugliness.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Lockhart, Caroline
Two soft outing flannel shirts rolled out of the paper wrapping.
From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
Implacable, and maintaining a haughty silence, she packed her suitcase and put an outing flannel nightgown—with a nap so long that it looked like a fur garment—in a fishnet bag.
From The Dude Wrangler by Lockhart, Caroline
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