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bombazine, bombasine [ˌbɒmbəˈziːn ˈbɒmbəˌziːn] n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning [from Old French bombasin, from Latin bombȳcinus silken, from bombyx silkworm, silk; see bombacaceous] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Here comes another with a sou'-wester and a bombazine cloak. Her plain face with its narrow lips was tight, her skin was stretched tightly over her bones, her smile was tight, her hair was tight, her clothes were tight, and the white drill she wore had all the effect of black bombazine. While fair Altisidora, who the sport Of cold Don Quixote's cruelty hath been, Returns to life, and in this magic court The dames in sables come to grace the scene, And while her matrons all in seemly sort My lady robes in baize and bombazine, Her beauty and her sorrows will I sing With defter quill than touched the Thracian string. |
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