Synonyms for pongee
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pon-jee, pon-jee |
| Phonetic Transcription : pɒnˈdʒi, ˈpɒn dʒi |
Définition of pongee
- As in silk : noun fabric
- Now I have here a piece of pongee silk, cut from a woman's automobile-coat.
- Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve
- "Pongee is the best material to travel in that I know of," said Miss Eliza.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Arethusa » by Francis Barton Fox
- The real Chinese pongee is hand-woven and is made from the silk of wild silkworms.
- Extract from : « Clothing and Health » by Helen Kinne
- Was that girl with the loud voice and the pongee suit his cousin?
- Extract from : « Aunt Crete's Emancipation » by Grace Livingston Hill
- With regard to dress, garments of cotton or pongee shall be worn.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 » by Various
- The Colonel folded his pongee, and came again to Hulda's side.
- Extract from : « The Entailed Hat » by George Alfred Townsend
- He ordered a suit of pongee, to be done at noon the following day.
- Extract from : « Parrot & Co. » by Harold MacGrath
- How can I tell of the lady of the pongee—now that I beheld her?
- Extract from : « The Beautiful Lady » by Booth Tarkington
- The driver was a great tanned giant, pongee colored from his hair to his puttees and boots.
- Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
- And the pongee person was so competent, so quietly sure, so angularly graceful among his brakes and levers.
- Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
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