tricotine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of tricotine
1895–1900; < French, equivalent to tricot tricot + -ine -ine 1
Example Sentences
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In a slim, brown tricotine with a wide, untrimmed hat of silky brown straw her loveliness has come back, and with it my enthusiasm.
From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
She just wore a dark blue tricotine one-piece dress and a little plain dark hat.
From The Girl from Montana by Hill, Grace Livingston
"And did you see a girl with black pumps and white silk stockings and a blue tricotine dress embroidered with crystal beads?"
From Betty Gordon at Boarding School The Treasure of Indian Chasm by Emerson, Alice B.
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