Broadcloth

To me, his Cloaths and Garniture shew him to have carry'd the rakish Dress of the young Dogs of my last Years into a kind of quicksilver'd Sobriety, all black Broadcloth and white Linen, eschewing the foppish & irrational Ornament of my Age.

I call Barack Obama to account for picking another bland, midwestern pretty boy. Ann Althouse 2008

= Broadcloth is a soft, closely woven material with a satin finish.

Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades

Broadcloth -- A fine woolen cloth with a glossy finished surface, the better grades being woven with a twilled back.

Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson

Broadcloth has gained on homespun in the proportion of six to one,

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various

Broadcloth gowns of russet tones were worn by those who could not afford silks and satins; sometimes women wore doublets and jerkins of black and browns.

The Women Who Came in the Mayflower Annie Russell Marble

Broadcloth is wiser, just as a skilled workman is wiser than a hod carrier.

The Diamond Coterie Lawrence L. Lynch

They soon understood the value of iron, and readily took spike nails when trading, and greatly preferred “Kersey and Broadcloth to the Otaheite cloth, which show'd them to be a more sensible people than many of their neighbours,” says Cook.

The Life of Captain James Cook Kitson, Arthur 1907

Broadcloth alone was the mode, and conformity with this rule drew forth many delights for the observing eye.

The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon Ridgwell Cullum 1905

The greatest precautions were taken after the "Broadcloth Mob" to ensure his safety.

William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist Archibald Henry Grimk�� 1889

"You better git away from 'bout that mark!" bawled a third, "for I'll be dod darned if Broadcloth don't give some of you the dry gripes if you stand too close thare."

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Various 1887