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Lutestring; there was Mr. Draper, your precious lawyer; there was actually Mr. Tubbs, of Bethesda Chapel; and they must all come buzzing like flies round the honey-pot.
The Virginians 2006
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Your daughter request by me 18 yd of white Lutestring, as that is a favorite coulour with her, and my Ladyship asks if she may now be permitted to have 10 yd of crimson English damask for a winter gown, and 18 yd of a light brown sattin, Mouse coulour.
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I have bought a Lutestring for myself and Nabby which I have had made, and
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I should be obliged if you will order me 12 Ells of Led coulourd Lutestring and 12 of black and white changeable with half a peice of black ribbon and a peice of Narrow about 4 sols per yard with 3 yards of plain black Gauze and 3 of figured.
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Pompadore Sattin, 14 Yards, cost 11 shillings a Yard; a silk Negligee and Petticoat of brocaded Lutestring for my dear Sally, with two dozen
Woman's Life in Colonial Days Carl Holliday
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And the greatness of living we are come to did make Mrs Pierce's Mouth to water though she in her flowered Lutestring and liking well of it.
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* Lutestring or lustring was a kind of glossy silk, much worn in the West Indies and the continental colonies.
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Lutestring; there was Mr. Draper, your precious lawyer; there was actually Mr. Tubbs, of Bethesda Chapel; and they must all come buzzing like flies round the honey-pot.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I carried a silver-flower'd Lutestring, and a Piece of black Padesoy61 to Mr. Peachum's Lock but last Week.
The Beggar's Opera 1728
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Then we went to a mercer's at the end of Lombard Street, and there she bought a suit of Lutestring -- [More properly called "lustring"; a fine glossy silk.] -- for herself, and so home.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1661 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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