She wore a bluesergegown with a shirt dotted with little blue + red spots.
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Each had two pieces of uniform,sergeand flannel tied loosely over the forearm.
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If a tweed,serge, or homespun is worn, it must be of faultless cut, and cost as much as a riding-habit.
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Here in 1702\\3 cloth, buttons, thread, canvas, andsergecost £4 12s 8d but the tailor was paid £10 2s for making them up into fourteen garments.
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That is a very important dye which we use in dyeing our wives' navy blue serges and gabardine:?
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Just before they moored, the mate went downstairs and changed out of his bargee's clothes into a bluesergesuit and a nice knotted handkerchief.
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The production ofsergefor battle dress is now 200,000 yards per month, and the production of shirting per month is 1,125,000 yards.
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We are having an improved diagonalsergewhich is more comfortable, smoother, and smarter than the present one.
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It is largely used for dyeing ladies' costume serges and ladies' gabardines, and we all know that our wives have been wearing these for years.
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Let me make clear that in past years we have participated in these contracts forserge, great coatings and shirtings.
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The average price of genuine woollen goods, flannels, serges, and so forth, with this tax, is just double the pre-war price.
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Arrangements are being made to supply them withsergeclothing, consignments of which have already been sent.
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They include 17,646 lorries; 8,843 cars; nearly 44,000,000 yards of linen; 17,000,000 yards of linen and cotton cloth; and 9,500,000 yards ofserge.
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It is bluesergewhich never keeps its crease.
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I daresay everybody in this country now knows what the drabsergemixture is.
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