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Meanings of bourré in English
Short lengths of silk, as from broken cocoons, which are spun like staple fibers.
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Examples for "floretta"
Examples for "floretta"
1
Ellen did not affiliate as much with Floretta as with Maria Atkins.
2
Floretta returned with the bottle and placed it on the secretary beside Constance.
3
Ellen felt herself very loving towards the teacher and Floretta Vining.
4
Charmant complied, and when Floretta arrived her impressions were added to the others.
5
And you, Floretta, see that he be admitted at all hours.
1
The entire apparatus is placed in a box, B, lined with silk waste and provided with a cover, C, of the same structure.
2
Silk waste and thread are cheaper than ever before so that velvet costs much less than formerly.
1
Wasting historical burning, wasting perfume and juice and all that, wasting silk and a machine, wasting all that.
2
Waste silk is the silk from cocoons that are damaged in some way so that they cannot be reeled off direct.