Poirot said sadly, as he dangled a pair: "Ten inch, cheap shiny silk, price probably 2/11."

She was wearing a tight sort of dress in shiny, slippery silk, which looked as if it had been painted on to her body.

The fruit is a cluster of capsules, each containing numerous minute seeds embedded in shiny white silk.

A second form, vaguer than his, seemed to be dancing beside him, and she recognized the white wig and shiny, black silk preaching gown of the dead parson.

Clutching at the shiny silk, he gave a hoarse shout and fell backward out into space.

He wore a suit of shiny gray silk, its jacket bearing lapels of black velvet and its trousers terminating above shiny black shoes.

The frame is covered in a sapphire damask, while the seat and back cushions are a shiny, gray-blue silk.

His breeches were made of white shiny silk and so was his waistcoat.

Dorado Canes stitched himself a one-piece suit of shiny black silk that covered his neck and head in a tight cowl, leaving only his face exposed.

Jenits came up while Paks was helping Volya wrap the grip of her sword; he had a lumpy bundle of shiny yellow silk.