prunella
noun
a strong, lightweight worsted constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of women's and children's apparel.
prunello
-
a variation of
prunella.
Example Sentences
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"How she will look at sea!—Those prunello gaiters of hers on deck when the wind blows!"
From East Angels by Constance Fenimore Woolson
"Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather and prunello."
From Notes and Queries, Number 16, February 16, 1850 by Various
But with Cecilia it had been for many months as though all things had been made of leather and prunello.
From Kept in the Dark by Anthony Trollope
Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunello.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett
It was all "leather or prunello," as she said to herself;—it was all vanity,—and vanity,—and vanity!
From The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
