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  • noun Plural form of Axminster.

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Examples

  • That was why Kitty Tynan had always a good background; for what her bright colouring would have been in the midst of gaudy, cheap chintzes and "Axminsters," such as abounded in Askatoon, is better left to the imagination.

    You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • That was why Kitty Tynan had always a good background; for what her bright colouring would have been in the midst of gaudy, cheap chintzes and "Axminsters," such as abounded in Askatoon, is better left to the imagination.

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • That was why Kitty Tynan had always a good background; for what her bright colouring would have been in the midst of gaudy, cheap chintzes and "Axminsters," such as abounded in Askatoon, is better left to the imagination.

    You Never Know Your Luck; being the story of a matrimonial deserter. Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Unlike Axminsters, they use only three to six colors and are woven on a Jacquard loom using a method that produces a thick cushion of fibers.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Unlike Axminsters, they use only three to six colors and are woven on a Jacquard loom using a method that produces a thick cushion of fibers.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Unlike Axminsters, they use only three to six colors and are woven on a Jacquard loom using a method that produces a thick cushion of fibers.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Unlike Axminsters, they use only three to six colors and are woven on a Jacquard loom using a method that produces a thick cushion of fibers.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • For moquettes, Axminsters, and the higher grades of carpets some artists are paid as high as $200.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various

  • Axminsters, one in two or three weeks, depending of course upon the elaborateness and size of the pattern.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 Various

  • Minié rifles, and Dahlgren guns, and Hotchkiss shells, but chairs and mirrors, and vases, and Gobelins, and Axminsters.

    The Abominations of Modern Society 1867

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