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Definition of Poplins
1. poplin [n] - See also: poplin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poplins
Literary usage of Poplins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) by Edward Gibbon, Henry North Holroyd Sheffield (1897)
"... my Lord—Mr. Dillon, I have undertaken a commission from the French Embassador—to
get him some Irish poplins— should I fall, be so good as to execute it. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Origin, Progressive Improvement, and Present State of the by George Richardson Porter (1831)
"poplins. LUSTRES. SHAWLS. THE highly ornamented and rich brocades in which our
great-grandmothers used to find such delight have now entirely disappeared ..."
3. The Irish Industrial Exhibition of 1853: A Detailed Catalogue of Its by John Sproule (1854)
"We may observe, however, that the range of ornament in poplins is comparatively
... Velvets ; Irish poplins, plain and figured ; brocaded and watered ..."
4. Official Catalogue of the New-York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853)
"3 Single and double poplins, watered anil gold double poplins, corded poplins,
... manu. Fir Mills, Manchester, England. 10 poplins and ..."
5. Bacon's Pocket Atlas and Gazetteer of the World by George Washington Bacon (1897)
"poplins, Tweeds, Hosiery, and Lace, are also manufactured; a fair proportion of
these representing revived Peasant industrie«. Trade. ..."
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