Lexicographical Neighbors of Longcloth
Literary usage of Longcloth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"longcloth. a plain cotton cloth originally made in comparatively long pieces.
The name was applied particularly to cloth made in India. ..."
2. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"For long service, choose longcloth or Berkeley cambric, but if comfort alone is
to be ... It does not wear per-- haps as long as the longcloth, and cambric, ..."
3. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1921)
"Muslin and cambric were used for about one-fourth, with muslin predominating.
Four other commonly used materials are longcloth ..."
4. The Chinese Repository by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, S. W. Williams (1834)
"ling "longcloth?," came out from the office of the hoppo, >er was going to ...
In regard to the two pieces of bleached longcloth ; the petitioners wait, ..."
5. Modern Advertising by Earnest Elmo Calkins, Ralph Holden (1905)
"57 longcloth o Indian linen 2 Sheeting 2 o Total 62 One (1) did not ask Total
120 the label, has used the goods before, or been recommended to use them by ..."
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