1744, William Oldys, Edward Harley Oxford (Earl of), The Harleian miscellany:From the duke they would have taken his birthright; the church and religion they would have cast in a new mould; the bishops and clerks they would have new-fashioned, if not utterly laid aside; banished many of the nobles; ...
1867, William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, Memoirs of the life of Mr. Ambrose Barnes:He used to observe that poets and orators abound most in the corruptest times, and we have been fining and newfashioning the English tongue, whilst English manners are become wild.
1881, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy:Not a few were given to him by the old romancers; but these he has new-fashioned to his needs.
1977, John Boening, The Reception of classical German literature in England:Since the period of original composition, I have new-fashioned this introductory stanza after comparing it with Mr. Sotheby, to whom I am accordingly indebted for much of its present structure.
1975, America's textiles: Reporter/bulletin edition: Volume 4:The dresses will be narrower at the hips, midriffs bare and the classic skirt will take on newfashion impetus.
