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Definition of Chambrays
1. chambray [n] - See also: chambray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chambrays
Literary usage of Chambrays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. World's Columbian Exposition, 1893: Official Catalogue by Moses Purnell Handy (1893)
"638 450. Manville Company, Providence, RI Cotton piece goods. 538 Plain and fancy
cotton dress goods, fine chambrays, coin and fancy spot curtains, ..."
2. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"Courtonne on 6 March, of chambrays on the 9th, and of Rivière-Th¡bonville on'the
llth (Í6. pp. 265, 292, 294, 303 ; RYMER, ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1895)
"First, however, we will look at the judgments made of the scattered ginghams and
chambrays. These judgments are numbers 6, 7, 15, 16, 36, 37, 46, 51. ..."
4. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"... For Work Or Play "In The Open" SOME with high fold or low fold collars attached.
Others with collars separate. Made of Flannels, Twills, chambrays, ..."
5. Plantation and Frontier Documents: 1649-1863: Illustrative of Industrial by John R. Commons, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1909)
"... of 175 dollars per day, or 1050 dollars per week, consisting of cotton yarns,
sheeting, bed ticking, shirting, counterpanes, table cloths, chambrays, ..."
6. Sketches of America: A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through by Henry Bradshaw Fearon (1819)
"The chief articles made are ginghams, plain chambrays, calicoes, and bed ticks ;
the latter at a price to exclude ..."
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