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tussore
/ ˈtʌsə, tʊˈsɔː, ˈtʌsə, ˈtʌsə /
noun
a strong coarse brownish Indian silk obtained from the cocoons of an Oriental saturniid silkworm, Antheraea paphia
a fabric woven from this silk
the silkworm producing this silk
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tussore1
Example Sentences
These were of light yellow tussore, with a white double collar and a small red tie, sharp-edged white cuffs and highly polished brown boots.
Save for the long French windows, which were now, at midnight, covered with curtains of green tussore silk, there was nothing distinctively foreign about the room.
Margot, in yellow tussore, had hair a shade darker and curlier, and her eyes were hazel.
Silk may also be bleached with peroxide of hydrogen, but this method is only used for certain qualities of spun silk and for tussore.
His eyes ran over her close fitting tussore dress, her white kid gloves.
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