Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- etc. See
tibet , etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China; located in the Himalayas
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Examples
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It is some material I have in the house; a fine blue thibet, and I shall put ruffles on the skirt.
A Little Maid of Ticonderoga Alice Turner Curtis 1912
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She had brought "Lady Amy," carefully packed in the stout bundle, and Aunt Prissy declared that the doll should have a dress and hood of the fine blue thibet.
A Little Maid of Ticonderoga Alice Turner Curtis 1912
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Look at that dress you've got on, -- a good thick thibet, an 'mine's a cheap, sleazy alpaca they palmed off on me because they knew my eyesight ain't what it was once.
Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life Alice Brown 1902
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Selecting a purple thibet, with a little white sprig, she slipped off her own dress, and stepped into it.
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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Selecting a purple thibet, with a little white sprig, she slipped off her own dress, and stepped into it.
Tiverton Tales Alice Brown 1902
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Ann began smoothing out some remnants of blue thibet on her lap.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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These were: a sprinkle of black walnut and brocatelle in the drawing-room, a Sheffield-plate tea-service, and a crimson-and-giltedged dinner set that Mrs. Oferr gave them; twilled turkey-red curtains, that looked like thibet, in the best chamber; and the twenty-four white skirts and the silk dresses, and whatever corresponded to them on the bride-groom's part, in their wardrobes.
Real Folks 1865
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Edith looked fragile and sweet as ever in a dress of azure thibet cloth, her light hair hanging in clusters of wavy curls over her small shoulders.
Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Effie Afton 1858
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Some of that blue thibet would be jest the thing to make it a dress of. "
Young Lucretia and Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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