How To Use Wincey In A Sentence
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It was decidedly on the short side and as "skimpy" as the notable wincey Anne had worn upon the occasion of her debut at Green Gables; but at least it would not be materially injured by down and feathers.
Anne of Avonlea
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I have six bolls of meal and seven yards of wincey going up the glen in the Salachary cart.
Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
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I'm warm in my striped winceyette pyjamas and soft cotton bedding, my bedspread pulled up tight around my ears.
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In the 1960s and 1970s, a new winceyette nightie and a boxed set of pink talc and bath cubes from Woolies were the ultimate in luxury.
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In 1867 with Hugh Morton he began power loom manufacture of winceys in a factory in Greenholm and acquired the ownership of the clipping mill.
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Matthew was not looking at her and would not have seen what she was really like if he had been, but an ordinary observer would have seen this: A child of about eleven, garbed in a very short, very tight, very ugly dress of yellowish-gray wincey.
Anne of Green Gables
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When the violent ring of the bell that announced their coming echoed through the house, Mrs. Potts had only to roll down the sleeves of her best wincey and button them at her wrists.
Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense
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Off came the lovely new costume of navy blue with a big white sailor collar, on went her horrid brown wincey which buttoned high around her little neck and always felt as if it were choking her.
The Thorn Birds
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She certainly was an odd-looking little creature in the short tight wincey dress she had worn from the asylum, below which her thin legs seemed ungracefully long.
Anne of Green Gables
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Minimalism won't suit those of us who like to sleep with fluffy toys or wear floral winceyette nighties.
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Her gypsy blood began to stir in her: the charm of her old vagabond habits asserted itself under the wincey frock and clean apron.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.
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No one can look sensible with a nose that turns straight up, and I will have bright colors to wear -- I was brought up on wincey, color of mud, and all these London-smoke, battleship-gray colors make me sick.
The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder
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By 1869 at Hayford Mill, (or Hayford and Parkvale Mill as it was by then known) spinning and weaving winceys and other cotton and tweed materials, employed over 950 people, who collectively earned approximately £19,000 p.a., producing goods with an annual value of £170,000.
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In a world of Gap, Armani and Nike swooshes, the St Michael label has the feel of winceyette nighties and prawn sandwiches.
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Among the manufactures woollens, especially winceys, linen and cotton goods hold an important place.
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She was barefooted, as Eppie always was except on Sundays, and wore a coarse, gray wincey dress and a big apron.
'Lizbeth of the Dale
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The brown wincey and the coarse apron seemed to her the neophyte's robe, betokening
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880.
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In the 1960s and 1970s, a new winceyette nightie and a boxed set of pink talc and bath cubes from Woolies were the ultimate in luxury.
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Comparatively little has been done to share in the multifarious and extensive manufactures of lower Clydesdale, but the weaving of winceys, shirtings, and druggets is the staple industry; and there are also 3 artificial manure works, a tannery, 2 breweries, a large fancy woodwork establishment, and, ¾ mile from the town, the extensive factory of the British Oil and Candle Co.
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The principal manufactures are winceys, ginghams, woollen shirtings, flannels, linen thread, linen yarn, ropes, and fishing nets; and there are engineering and ironfounding works.
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What is the type of linen and towels used, could it be bobbly winceyette sheets for summer use?