10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOPSACKING»
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hopsacking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hopsacking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Hopsacking sighed often, though she did not tell her papa. Her nose dried and
began to crack. It made little prints of blood when she touched it to the snow. Her
eyes ran a yellow rheum which crusted on the lids and blurred her vision. But she
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Walter Wangerin, Jr., 1996
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The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles
A container that holds the stock that is to be fed into a textile machine. hopper
hop pocketing Ajute bagging that is used for hop bags. hopsacking 1. A general
term for a coarse, loosely woven fabric made with a hopsack or basket weave, ...
Hopsacking. Fiber: Wool, worsted, cotton, linen, rayon, silk, hemp, jute. Weave:
Basket. In wool and worsted 2 x 2 basket usually or novelty basket to resemble
hopsack cloth. Characteristics: Made with coarse yarn. Has a rather rough texture
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The mass of cloths chosen for spring gowns for the street will be something of the
nature of a hopsacking. Economical women prefer these cloths in black, navy
blue, or brown rather than in mixtures of color, or the shaded effects in which they
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Certain plain-woven cotton fabrics: workers of Handley ...
Hopsacking and chafer fabrics Hopsacking is used as a novelty fabric in men's
and women's apparel, particularly slacks. Hopsacking of polyester and cotton
blends has replaced much of the cotton hopsacking. No data are available on
U.S. ...
United States Tariff Commission, Handley Mills, Inc. (Roanoke, Ala.), 1972
Hopsacking and chafer fabrics Hopsacking is used as a novelty fabric in men's
and women's apparel, particularly slacks. Hopsacking of polyester and cotton
blends has replaced much of the cotton hopsacking. No data are available on
U.S. ...
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Samuel Beckett: A Biography
A bundle of manuscript bound up in a makeshift hopsacking cover was thrust into
his arms, as the man, without a word, turned abruptly and plunged down the
stairs through the gloom and clutter of the antiques-cum-junk in the shop below.
22—The construction of Plain Weave and Basket Weave, also known as “
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When she turned back to the table, she saw a good-sized bundle at her place,
wrapped in hopsacking secured with an awkward bow of baling rope. She
frowned, immediately suspicious. “What's this?” “A Christmas present.” She
stared at him.
I hopsacking popular woollen or worsted suiting fabric made form a 2-and-2 or a
3-and-3 basket weave. The weave effect is like that used for sacking to gather
hops in the fields. Now made from other major fibres, hopsacking is used also for
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2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOPSACKING»
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hopsacking is used in the context of the following news items.
The benign dictatorship of the old-fashioned bank manager
... although not given to frock coat and wing collars like the good captain, favouring rather a sturdy suit fashioned roughly from hopsacking, was, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
Honoring a Historic Team by Refusing to Copy It
His sound is more robust, the brushed cotton interwoven with hopsacking, and Young's underlying melancholy softened, so that the happy-sad ... «New York Times, Aug 10»
