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NANKEEN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nankeen" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Context examples:
He was very cleanly dressed, in a blue coat, striped waistcoat, and nankeen trousers; and his fine frilled shirt and cambric neckcloth looked unusually soft and white, reminding my strolling fancy (I call to mind) of the plumage on the breast of a swan.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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