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Definition of Sarcenets
1. sarcenet [n] - See also: sarcenet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarcenets
Literary usage of Sarcenets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1854)
"... sarcenets. Lay these smooth and even upon a board, spread л little soap over
the dirty places; then make a lather with Castille soap, and with a common ..."
2. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"... satins, figured sarcenets, Saxon green and red naps, brown, blue, and scarlet
new-fashioned Bath coating, blue and scarlet German serges, ..."
3. Social New York Under the Georges, 1714-1776: Houses, Streets, and Country by Esther Singleton (1902)
"... satins, figured sarcenets, Saxon green and red naps, brown, blue, and scarlet
new-fashioned Bath coating, blue and scarlet German serges, ..."
4. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1899)
"... and again next to iron, fine long coral, China sarcenets, gilt leather, white
damask and red, red cloth with large lists, copper bowls or cups, ..."
5. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1899)
"... and again next to iron, fine long coral, China sarcenets, gilt leather, white
damask and red, red cloth with large lists, copper bowls or cups, ..."
6. The History of English Dramatic Poetry to the Time of Shakespeare: And by John Payne Collier (1879)
"... taffeta, taffeta sarcenets, and single sarcenets, io5/. 3^.; the Carpenters
bill, &c., 5/. ..."
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