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Nankeen

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Noun

1. nankeen

a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nankeen

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noun
1. 
a hard-wearing buff-coloured cotton fabric
2. 
a. 
a pale greyish-yellow colour
b. 
(as adjective)
a nankeen carpet

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Nankeen

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noun
1. 
a buff-colored, durable cotton cloth, originally from China
2.  [pl.]
trousers made of this cloth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nankeen

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n.
1.
a. A sturdy yellow or buff cotton cloth.
b. nankeens Trousers made of this cloth.
2. Nankeen A Chinese porcelain with a blue-and-white pattern.

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