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Meanings of floretta in English
Short lengths of silk, as from broken cocoons, which are spun like staple fibers.
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Examples for "silk waste"
Examples for "silk waste"
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.
Usage of floretta in English
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.
6
She felt Floretta's shoulder warm through her thin sleeve against hers.
7
Floretta had already received hers, and it lay in its case on her lap.
8
Nobody ever expected anything of this little Floretta Vining.
9
In 1894 he married Miss Floretta Seligman, daughter of James Seligman, the New York banker.
10
Constance did the same, to illustrate, then called Floretta.
11
Floretta's mother had a taste for the cheaply decorative.
12
Floretta Vining is goin' to have a watch, too.
13
Floretta screamed and blubbered; but obtained no mercy.
14
We'd go to work; but Floretta, she's different.
15
Then as she hung up the receiver she called, "Floretta, get me a taxi."
16
Floretta opened the door to go out and through it Constance caught sight of a familiar face.