silks

Noun

Meaning

the brightly colored garments of a jockey; emblematic of the stable

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My silks and fine array, My smiles and languished air, By love are driv'n away And mournful lean Despair Brings me yew to deck my grave Such end true lovers have. William Blake

It is easy for most of us to keep our hands from picking and stealing when picking and stealing plainly lead to prison diet and prison garments. But when silks and satins come of it, and with the silks and satins general respect, the net result of honesty does not seem to be so secure. Anthony Trollope

I sat for hours cross-legged, and cross-tempered, upon my silks meditating upon the queer freaks chance plays upon us poor devils of mortals. Edgar Rice Burroughs

They pass upon their old, tremulous feet, Creeping with little satchels down the street, And they remember, many years ago, Passing that way in silks. They wander, slow And solitary, through the city ways, And they alone remember those old days Men have forgotten. Arthur Symons

Silks and satins, scarlet and velvet, put out the kitchen fire. American Proverb

Silks and satins put out the kitchen fire. German Proverb

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