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nankeen

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nan=keen

CIDE DICTIONARY

nankeenn. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Trousers made of nankeen.  Ld. Lytton.  [1913 Webster]
Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nankeen, n.
1 a yellowish cotton cloth.
2 a yellowish buff colour.
3 (in pl.) trousers of nankeen.

Etymology
Nankin(g) in China, where orig. made

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