paduasoy
noun
a slightly corded, strong, rich, silk fabric.
paduasoys
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pluralof paduasoy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She went no more a-hunting in boy’s clothes, but from this time forward wore brocades and paduasoys, fine lawn and lace.
From A Lady of Quality by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Picturesque the scene: ladies in paduasoys, taffetas, and brocades, gentlemen in purple, russet, and crimson coats, white satin waistcoats, buff breeches, and silk stockings.
From Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance by Charles Carleton Coffin
The girls went off straightway to get together their best calamancoes, paduasoys, falbalas, furbelows, capes, cardinals, sacks, negligees, solitaires, caps, ribbons, mantuas, clocked stockings, and high-heeled shoes, and I know not what articles of toilet.
From The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray
And winding her arms about her mother, Katie kissed her so affectionately that Mrs. Archdale felt quite sure that the laces and paduasoys had not yet spoilt her little daughter.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 3, December, 1884 by Various
