repp
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Bennet wore the same uniform today that he has each day of the trial thus far: dark suit, button-down shirt, repp tie, frowny expression.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2022
“I can wear a white poplin pajama shirt with navy piping and a repp tie and blazer and I feel fine.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2015
Rosalie had carefully drawn the red repp curtains; and the small, cosy dining-room, illumined by the steady light of the white hanging-lamp, looked, amidst the buffeting of the storm, a picture of pleasant, affectionate intimacy.
From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile
As the repp stripes are only small ones, we use for the satin a full harness, that is, one without open spaces for the repp stripe.
From Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics by Wolfensberger, Arnold
Aunt Judith's quaint sofa and chairs had always been covered with crimson repp, and the color seemed brighter in the evening light.
From Princess Polly's Gay Winter by Brooks, Amy
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