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nankeen

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nan·keen  (nn-kn) also nan·kin (-kn, -kn)
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.
[After Nanjing.]
nankeen [næŋˈkiːn], nankin [ˈnænkɪn]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a hard-wearing buff-coloured cotton fabric
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)
a.  a pale greyish-yellow colour
b.  (as adjective) a nankeen carpet
[named after Nanking, China, where it originated]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.nankeen - a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Translations
nankeen
n, no pl (= cloth) → Nanking(-stoff) m


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Natalie held up the skirt of her nankeen dress, and exhibited the purple trimming torn away over an extent of some yards.
Miss or Mrs.? by Collins, Wilkie View in context
The day after that in which the scene we have just described had taken place on the road between Bellegarde and Beaucaire, a man of about thirty or two and thirty, dressed in a bright blue frock coat, nankeen trousers, and a white waistcoat, having the appearance and accent of an Englishman, presented himself before the mayor of Marseilles.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
His nether garment was a yellow nankeen, closely fitted to the shape, and tied at his bunches of knees by large knots of white ribbon, a good deal sullied by use.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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