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Definition of Druggets
1. drugget [n] - See also: drugget
Lexicographical Neighbors of Druggets
Literary usage of Druggets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"They wove thin stuffs for summer wear, and felted heavy druggets for winter; the
latter were said to be prepared with vinegar, and "were so tough that they ..."
2. The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical by John Britton, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees, Thomas Hood, John Harris, Edward Wedlake Brayley (1813)
"This town was, at one time, a borough, and had a good trade in serges and druggets;
and there is still an extensive manufactory of flannels, which, ..."
3. The History of the Shoddy-trade: Its Rise, Progress, and Present Position by Samuel Jubb (1860)
"druggets were a mixed unraised cloth, and frequently plaided, ... druggets were
mainly confined to the home market, the greatest number being sent to London ..."
4. England's Gazetteer: Or, an Accurate Description of All the Cities, Towns ...by Stephen Whatley by Stephen Whatley (1751)
"It makes a great quantity of ihal'oons and druggets, but not near fo much broad
cloths now, as formerly j yet it is a ..."
5. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., and the Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides by James Boswell (1885)
"How can a man write poetically of serges and druggets ! Yet you will hear many
people talk to you gravely of that excellent poem, 'THE FLEECE. ..."
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