10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIRTBAND»
Discover the use of
shirtband in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shirtband and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Vicious Circle: Mystery and Crime Stories by Members of ...
We're very hush-hush about his name, but the celebrated shirtmaker who did it
for us is famous on two continents for blouses with details like those deep yoke
folds, the wonderful shoulder pads, the shirtband bow! —Russeks adv. in the
Times ...
2
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
You help me and I'll help you," said the gooseygander. This the boy did. And
when he had finished, the goosey gander picked him up, once again, by the
shirtband, and tucked him underhis wing."Ithink you'll liesnug andwarm there,"
said the ...
3
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS:
When theboy had an armful of dried grass,the gooseygander grabbed him by the
shirtband, liftedhim, andflew out upon the ice, where the wild geese were already
fast asleep with their bills tucked under their wings. "Now spread out the grass ...
4
The Clothier and Furnisher
When using a collar and scarf on the shirt, it is always well to have the collar a
half size larger than the size of the shirtband; and also to put the small end of the
scarf in the small end of the collar, the same as one would do in adjusting their ...
5
The Dictionary of Fashion History
A white collar, the word being transferred from the shirtband to a separate collar.
A falling band or fall was a turned-down collar whether raised or flat. A
standingband was an upright collar without a turnover. Short bands were a pair of
short, ...
Valerie Cumming, C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington, 2010
"Gotmy key?" He gothis key and went upstairs, unlocking thedoor ofa room
attherear. Everything wasjust ashehad leftit. Thereon the floorwas still Ben Price's
collarbutton that had been torn from that eminent detective's shirtband when they
had ...
This leaves an unobstructed . tie-space in which the tie can easily be slid back
and forth in the process of tying, and gives a lateral movement that allows the
collar to adjust itself to the neck and shirtband. COMBINED TYING DEVICE AND
...
8
Roads of Destiny (命運之路):
... still Ben Price's collarbutton that had been torn from thateminent detective's
shirtband when they had overpowered Jimmy to arrest him. Pulling out from the
wall a foldingbed, Jimmyslid back a panel in the wall and dragged out a
dustcovered ...
9
Bishop Percy's folio manuscript: ballads and romances
... me of that veluett gownc, the crimson hose beneath thy knee, & doe me of thy
cordiuant2 shoone 99 are buckled with the gold soe free ; " doe thou me off thy
sattin doublett, and his gold neck-chain ; thy shirtband wrought with glistering
gold, ...
Thomas Percy, John Wesley Hales, Frederick James Furnivall, 1867
10
Careers of Danger and Daring:
Time lacks for the rest of the story; they took out men dressed in a collar and
shirtband only—everything else blown off, and some whose faces were mottled
with fragments of stone, a kind of dynamite tattooing, and some grievously injured
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