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  • The satin stock-cravat fortunately concealed the shirt, but the tongue of the buckle behind the neck had frayed the satin, which was re-satined, that is, re-polished, by a species of oil distilled from the wig.

    The Lesser Bourgeoisie Honor�� de Balzac 1824

  • Sue was nothing but a spangled and satined Paul de

    Balzac 2003

  • I looked beyond the pigeon toward the aqua-satined courtier, who had hastened back to snatch up a lace-trimmed handkerchief, coyly dropped as bait by one of his erstwhile companions.

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

  • And his younger brother, Charles, who had crowned Henri II and become a cardinal only five days later at the age of twenty-three, rode on a silver-bedecked, crimson-satined mule.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

  • Charles, who had crowned Henri II and become a cardinal only five days later at the age of twenty-three, rode on a silver-bedecked, crimson-satined mule.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

  • "I can't imagine anything funnier than having a couple of silked and satined gentlemen sticking spears into each other for my sweet sake."

    Lucile Triumphant Elizabeth M. Duffield

  • Sue was nothing but a spangled and satined Paul de Kock.

    Balzac Frederick Lawton

  • "Closerie des Lilas," focussing his gold-rimmed monocle on the flying feet and lace _frou-frous_ of "Diane la Sournoise," or roaring with laughter as he chucked gold louis into the satined lap of some

    A Village of Vagabonds

  • Her long gray skirt had parted to display her shapely, gray-satined legs.

    Wandl the Invader Ray Cummings 1922

  • Sue was nothing but a spangled and satined Paul de Kock.

    Balzac Lawton, Frederick 1910

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