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velveteen

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vel·vet·een  (vlv-tn)
n.
A cotton pile fabric resembling velvet.
[From velvet.]
velveteen [ˌvɛlvɪˈtiːn]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles)
a.  a cotton fabric resembling velvet with a short thick pile, used for clothing, etc.
b.  (as modifier) velveteen trousers
2. (Clothing & Fashion) (plural) trousers made of velveteen
velveteened  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.velveteen - a usually cotton fabric with a short pile imitating velvet
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
velveteen [ˈvelvɪtiːn] N → pana f
velveteen [ˌvɛlvɪˈtiːn]
n → veloutine f
modif → de veloutine
velveteen
n → Veloursamt m
velveteen [ˌvɛlvɪˈtiːn] n → vellutino
velveteen [ˌvɛlvɪˈtiːn] n → vellutino


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Here, we found a gentleman with one eye, in a velveteen suit and knee-breeches, who wiped his nose with his sleeve on being interrupted in the perusal of the newspaper.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
I was eight or nine, in velveteen, diamond socks ('Cross your legs when they look at you,' my mother had said, 'and put your thumb in your pocket and leave the top of your handkerchief showing'), and I had travelled by rail to visit a relative.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Seeming never to need sleep himself, he would reappear, with a tied-up broken head, in fantail hat and velveteen smalls, like an accursed goblin, at the most unholy and untimely hours.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
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