10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRABBET»
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drabbet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Victoria History of the County of Suffolk
(DRABBET,. HORSEHAIR,. COCOANUT. FIBRE). AND. READY-MADE.
CLOTHING. STAY AND CORSET MAKING LOWESTOFT CHINA. less than the
amounts above quoted, which could only be earned in a full week, and the
weavers ...
I rang up Drabbet. He said we had better send it on to him. It's rather a bore. I
wish you had contrived to select a — less suitable name." "Oh! it's all right." He
laughed cheerfully. "We'll go and talk it over with old Drabbet tomorrow." This was
the ...
Edmund Henry Lacon Watson, 1913
3
The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Many females are employed in making up the latter article into smock-frocks,
Warn: Sufi Directory (1855) 799. Dor. Some were, as usual, in snowwhite smock-
frocks of Russia duck, and some in whitey-brown ones of drabbet, HARDY
Modding ...
4
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
DRABBET, sb. Sul'. Dor. [drm'bit] A drab twilled linen, used for making men's
smock-frocks. &c. Suf. lt [l laverhill] has now a silk mill, employing about 70 hands
, and several manufacturers of drabbetts. Many females are em.ployed in making
...
5
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
791 1 8 Do. pillow «... „ 1,463 0 6 Cloths, table - „ 684 0 8 1 17 lOf Coats, hospital
- - - - 90 1 0 0 7 6 Drawers Prs. 23,542 0 4 32 13 10i Frocks, drabbet - - - - No.
952 1 0 3 19 4 Handkerchiefs .... „ 37,650 0 0} 9 16 OJ Bugs ----- „ 302 1 0 15 2 ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1878
6
Reports from Commissioners
... hospital - - ii „ 888 0 9 14 11 0 Drawers, flannel ii ,, 7,232 0 2 60 5 4 Frocks,
drabbet - □ ii ,, 1,H3 0 2 9 5 6 Handkerchiefs - ii „ 553 0 1 2 6 1 Jackets • ii „
1,699 0 3 21 4 9 Leggings ii Prs. 282 0 3 8 10 6 Overalls ii No. 391 14 0 1 0 12
Bugs - ii ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1879
7
Three years' results of the Farthinghoe clothing society
31 yards of Drabbet . 91 yards of Cotton Cords . 36 yards of Jersey . 127 pairs of
Stockings 35 Cloaks 148 Handkerchiefs 12 Shawls 15. — Extract from Weekly
Book, shelving Mode of receiving Deposits, and marking Forfeits by dots. °
Nantes ...
8
Proceedings of the Buguenot Society of London
At that time ' checks ' and ' fustians ' were beginning to be replaced by drabbet,
which is still made by Messrs. Gurteen, and which, since the smock-frock fell into
disuse, has been adopted as the material for pockets, military outfits, and ' motor
...
9
Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London
At that time ' checks ' and ' fustians ' were beginning to be replaced by drabbet,
which is still made by Messrs. Gurteen, and which, since the smock-frock fell into
disuse, has been adopted as the material for pockets, military outfits, and ' motor
...
Huguenot Society of London, 1929
The mention of Drabbet, prompted Audrey Smith to point out that the Oxford
Illustrated Dictionary defines this as 'Drab- twilled linen used for smock-frocks etc'
. Her Collins Dictionary describes it as 'A yellowish brown fabric of coarse linen'.
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRABBET»
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drabbet is used in the context of the following news items.
Haverhill cafe owner angry over coffee comparison poster
Harry Zachariou, who runs the Dejavu cafe and sandwich bar in Queen Street, was made aware of the poster, outside the Drabbet Smock ... «Cambridge News, Mar 15»
Haverhill cottages saved from demolition by Havebury
“Prior to the building of the Gurteen factory they once housed the makers of drabbet smocks and straw hats, and so are a fine example of how ... «Haverhill Echo, Nov 13»
Haverhill firms sign up to Stay Safe scheme
... Stationary, both in Camps Road, Sense and Sue Ryder charity shops in Jubilee Walks and Weatherspoon's Drabbet Smock pub, in Peas Hill. «Haverhill Echo, Sep 13»
Use of beer bus angers Haverhlll pub licensees
The licensees of the Bull, The Bell and the Drabbet Smock are all unhappy that the bar, in the form of a converted double decker bus, was used ... «Haverhill Echo, Aug 13»
Opening time for Wetherspoon
The names of its pubs range from The Drabbet Smock, Suffolk, to The Knights Templar, Holborn, central London. A Wetherspoon spokesman ... «Independent, Dec 09»
