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Meanings of old lace in English
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Usage of old lace in English
1
Who has not heard of her old lace and her priceless rubies?
2
Miss Dale, for example, becomes old lace within a dozen yards of it.
3
And her white, white throat and the tangle of old lace about it!
4
These girls wore pink with close caps of old lace.
5
Mr. Schoonmaker made a hobby of old Bibles, and Mrs. Schoonmaker of old lace.
6
He rose and went to the window and pushed back the old lace curtain.
7
Did you see the exquisite old lace she sent me?
8
They nestled in the soft, creamy old lace which covered the bosom of her gown.
9
And I lived in a world of old lace and lavender, of crinoline and brocade.
10
She was resplendent in black velvet and old lace.
11
They swathe their heads in old lace which declines to drape gracefully about their cheeks.
12
Madame Petrucci was beautifully dressed in soft black silk, old lace, and a white Indian shawl.
13
But I've got more old lace on hand now than I know what to do with.
14
Mrs. Lydig's preoccupation was old lace and shoes.
15
I'd guess the brain stem is mostly intact, but the cerebral cortex is like old lace.
16
They have also the privilege of borrowing similar specimens of old lace from the South Kensington Museum.
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