nankin

• There were some nankin ones made for every day. —  A Little Girl in Old New York
• And she had a real nankin frock that Margaret embroidered just above the hem. —  A Little Girl in Old New York
• Dashall, (stopping him short) "in nankin breeches and jockey-boots?" —  Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)
• She used to buy a piece of yellow nankin and make up three suits as nearly as possible alike, except for size. —  The Life of Sir Richard Burton
• He looked about seventy; a thin nankin overcoat flapped pathetically about his dry and bony limbs. —  A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I

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