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poplin

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pop·lin  (ppln)
n.
A ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, wool, or cotton, used in making clothing and upholstery.
[Obsolete French papeline, perhaps from Provençal papalino, feminine of papalin, papal (so called because it was first made at the papal town of Avignon), from Medieval Latin pplis, from Late Latin ppa, pope; see pope.]
poplin
Noun
a strong plain-woven fabric, usually of cotton, with fine ribbing [French papeline]
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Noun1.poplinpoplin - a ribbed fabric used in clothing and upholstery
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"
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Spanish poplin [ˈpɔplɪn] n → popelina
French poplin [ˈpɔplɪn] n → popeline f
German poplin [ˈpɔplɪn] n → Popeline f
Italian poplin [ˈpɔplɪn] n → popeline f
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"Well, last year, for instance, I bought our Matrona Semyenovna, not a poplin, but something of that sort," said the princess.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I have some notion of putting such a trimming as this to my white and silver poplin.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
She is prettily dressed in gray poplin, trimmed with gray velvet, and set off by a ribbon of deep red tied in a bow at the throat.
The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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