"Mohair" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... etc. *establecerse, to establish oneself me establezco, etc., I establish myself, etc. fantasias, fancies herramientas, tools manga, sleeve *manifestar, to inform, to say by letter manifiesto, etc., I inform, etc. moeres, mohair nanquines, nankeens pieles, skins planchas de hierro, sheet iron principio, beginning telas para trajes (de Senora), dress goods tenedores, forks *torcer, to twist tuerzo, etc., I twist, etc. vale, farewell, adieu viajante, traveller ...
— Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) • C. A. Toledano
... the artificial May-fly of that time, unless he were either a very young fish, quite new to entomology, or else one afflicted with a combination of myopy and bulimy. Even now there is room for plenty of improvement in our counterfeit presentment; but in those days the body was made with yellow mohair, ribbed with red silk and gold twist, and as thick as a fertile bumble-bee. John Pike perceived that to offer such a thing to Crocker's trout would probably consign him—even if his great stamina should ...
— Crocker's Hole - From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore • R. D. Blackmore |
