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• However, respectability did not have a rigid nature : its starched exterior belied a surprisingly pliable body.

• Gone are the days of crisp, white, starched uniforms.

• The starched, white-coated, hard-faced matron of the old days is disappearing and one finds that the people in charge of old people's accommodation act with kindness and consideration.

• Using a slightly dampened piece of starched cloth she was able to lift ink from a genuine bill.

• This also allowed the collars and cuffs to be starched separately.

• The hands wear heavy chaps, starched white shirts, and slouch-brimmed hats.

• The malmal ghagra was then starched (maandi) along with mica or vark which would shine in the sun.

• He dresses like an old-fashioned country clerkwith apron, starched collar, suspenders, sleeve garters, and a straw skimmer or a bookkeeping visor.

• It is said he owned over 200 hand-tailored suits which he wore with heavily starched shirts with detachable collars.

• In order to make the fabric stiffer, extra fibers are sometimes carried along with the yarn or the hat may be starched.

• In order to improve the look, khd/khaddar is sometimes starched to give it a stiffer feel.

• The first crinolines were petticoats starched for extra stiffness, made out of the new crinoline fabric.

• The manner of its telling the dispassionate, exact, almost starched prose, with its occasional glints of sardonic humor is an impressive achievement in itself.

• She wore her skirt hitched up to reveal an underskirt, without hoops or paniers, held out simply by a starched muslin petticoat.

• The ceiling in the auditorium was painted, and the walls and ceilings in the chapel and amusement hall were replaced, painted and starched.