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thread silk

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noun

  1. silk yarn produced by a silk throwster.


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And Cate Blanchett's custom black silk velvet gown with thread silk chiffon details was by Maison Margiela designer John Galliano, who is trying to restart his career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2015

It is of rich myrtle-green velvet, worked in gold thread, silk, and pearls, with plume-like flourishes that might well suggest the term "squirrels."

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare

Genuine Eytalian thread silk lining will come at four and a half more.”

From Mountain Blood A Novel by Joseph Hergesheimer

The "Camille" is made of beautiful thread silk richly hand embroidered.

From How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence by Mary Owens Crowther

Gold thread, silver thread, silk thread, cunningly combined to the making of its dazzling pattern.

From The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck

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