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  • Karl Ivanitch was dressing in another room, and I heard some one bring him his blue frockcoat and under-linen.

    Childhood 2003

  • His shirt was open at the neck, and he seemed to be wearing no under-linen.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

  • His shirt was open at the neck, and he seemed to be wearing no under-linen.

    Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles George, Margaret 1987

  • Long poles suspended from ropes hung from the ceiling, and there in rows, and rows, and rows, we beheld clothing, mostly under-linen.

    Through Finland in Carts

  • They found the body where they had hidden it the night before, and in the shelter of a little grove of larches Grimshaw stripped and then reclothed himself in the pedlar's coarse and soiled under-linen, the worn corduroy trousers, the flannel shirt, short coat, and old black velvet hat.

    O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 Various

  • Winnipeg returned we should find everything we wanted, instead of which there was a fine display of torn under-linen, and stockings by the dozens, which we have been doing our best to patch up and darn, but no house linen.

    A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba Cecil Hall

  • Besides all her under-linen she had with her two pairs of clean sheets and pillow cases, some bath towels and soap, likewise a sponge and a yard of flannel (in case she lost any) a flask of brandy, some new potatoes and

    Daisy Ashford: Her Book Daisy Ashford 1926

  • Half an hour later, she sat, fresh from a hot bath, breathing out delicately a reminiscence of recent violet water and perfumed powder; fresh, fine under-linen next her glowing skin; shining and refreshed, in a gown of chiffon and satin; eating her first mouthful of Yoshido's ambrosial soup.

    The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

  • Then she opened her box, took out a yellow petticoat and hung it on a nail, placed a pair of new shoes against the wall, lifted out some under-linen and woollen stockings, looked at them, and put them back again.

    The Great Hunger Johan Bojer 1915

  • Aunt Barbara counted out under-linen, socks, white waistcoats, and pocket handkerchiefs.

    My beloved South, Mrs. T. P. O 1914

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