Word: nankeen
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...there lived in Boston a rich, well-contented man whose calling was the manufacture of mineral paint. He was a primitive; his wealth had been the result of unflagging luck and savage industry. The little family--there were two girls--lived in Nankeen Square, the East End and their's was the happy, quiet life of unoriginal, elementary people...
...first military company here at Harvard was organized in the year 1769, and had for its first captain a graduate of 1770. The uniform consisted of "a blue coat, the skirts turned with white, nankeen breeches, white stockings, top boots, and a cocked hat." This company continued to rejoice the hearts of the students, and win the smiles of the Cambridge maidens for twenty years, till finally, indifference caused its death. Its last captain was a member of the class of 1787. After a sleep of twenty-one years, it was (in 1811) reorganized by Gov. Gerry, and then received...
...attired in a light-blue dress coat, with frosted metal buttons, a white waistcoat and nankeen trousers, with patent leather shoes. He wore round his neck a variegated satin scarf, in the front of which was inserted a breastpin of conspicuous dimensions. Having descended the staircase with a quick step, he entered the apartment where his brother and a few friends were awaiting him. He shook hands cordially with all present, and on being asked how he had slept, answered, "Very well;" and to the further demand as to the state of his mind, he said, "Reasonably happy...
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