Among our dresses there were most kinds of shabby and greasy wear, and much fustian and corduroy that was neither sound nor fragrant.
For three years he earned his living as regularly as the obscure functionary in fustian who swept the office.
He was attired in loose fustian clothes with a red handkerchief wound round his throat, and a low slouching hat—one of those called wide-awake—partially concealed his features.
The door then opened, and a plain elm coffin was slowly thrust forth, and laid by two men in fustian along the middle of the vehicle.
There is something touching in the whiteness of a well-worn shirt, and the careful patches of a poor man's old fustian coat.
fustian
noun[U]
uk/ˈfʌs.ti.ən/us/ˈfʌs.tʃən/
athick,roughcottoncloththatlastsfor alongtime
粗斜纹棉布
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Thefustiansuit is perhaps better seen as a variation upon the theme of unity, rather than a symbol of nascent class consciousness.
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It would be very much more dignified if he just went around in ordinaryfustian.
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I think that those who make attacks of this kind should really prepare for themselves a little lessfustian.
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They cover every age and every rôle, but the best ones which are simple, straightforward,fustiangarments have been almost unused.
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In one case, that of thefustiancutting trade, information has been collected and is at present under examination.
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In medicine, in law, in business, or in commerce there are acts done by gentlemen corresponding to those clone by men who are dressed infustian.
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Some velveteens are a kind offustian, having a rib of velvet pile alternating with a plain depression.
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Pupils were given new clothes each year the girls had green frocks and bonnets, and the boys had jackets andfustiantrousers.
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This two-storey building was typical of afustianmill 8m wide by 49m with a clear uncluttered floor.
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When tarifs were removed in the 1860s, the empty mills were converted tofustiancutting.
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Workers' cottages from thefustian-cutting industry have survived.
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This literary use arose because the cloth type was often used as padding, hence, the purposeless words are "fustian".
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It continued in common use in the cotton andfustianindustry until about 1810.
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When the tarifs were removed in the 1860s, the empty mills moved over tofustiancutting.
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This was built as afustianmill and was used for shirt manufacture between 1906 and 1959, and for pyjamas from 1960 to 1998.
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