01 n. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally …
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A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.
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An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
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3.
Trousers made of nankeen.
Phrases & compounds
Nankeen bird —
the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.