pongees

Early worms got the birds, while they made their pongees from our swaddling, and christened it silk.

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Julia, in her delicate linens and thin embroidered pongees, with a filmy parasol shading her bright hair, seemed more wonderful than ever before, and lovely Hawaii was a setting for one of their happiest times together.

The Story of Julia Page Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

She got them from the shelf; and as he went over them she heard him repeating the names of various goods now become familiar, pongees, poplins, percales and voiles, garbardines and galateas, lawns, organdies, crepes, and Madras shirtings, while he wrote down figures on a sheet of paper.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

She got them from the shelf; and as he went over them she heard him repeating the names of various goods now become familiar, pongees, poplins, percales and voiles, garbardines and galateas, lawns, organdies, crepes, and Madras shirtings, while he wrote down figures on a sheet of paper.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

She got them from the shelf; and as he went over them she heard him repeating the names of various goods now become familiar, pongees, poplins, percales and voiles, garbardines and galateas, lawns, organdies, crepes, and Madras shirtings, while he wrote down figures on a sheet of paper.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 1 Winston Churchill 1909

Put white and light-colored silks and pongees through strong, tepid white soapsuds, then through a second weaker suds, rinse, press out the water with the hands, shake out all wrinkles, spread on a clean sheet, and roll tight.

The Complete Home Oliver R. [Contributor] Williamson 1907

Here the merchant turned from importing pongees to inculcating principles.

Trumps 1861

Here the merchant turned from importing pongees to inculcating principles.

Trumps George William Curtis 1858

The recounting of his delayed return offered Gerrit a welcome relief from the pervading strain: "There's no tea to speak of at Shanghai, and I took on a mixed cargo -- pongees and porcelain and matting.

Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1917