purse silk
chiefly US (now rare )
noun
Silk thread used for knitting purses and embroidering.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Hagerstown (Maryland) Mail.
- Makassar
- Makassarese
- Makassar Strait
- makatea
- Makaton
- makdom
- make
- make a beeline for
- make a (big) thing of (or about)
- makeable
- make a bolt for
- make a break for
- make a clean breast of it
- make a clean job of something
- make a clean sweep
- make a conquest of
- make a day (or night) of it
- make a dead set at
- make-a-do
- make a drama out of
- make a fight of it
- make a fool of
- make after
- make a fuss
- make a fuss over (or of)