nankeen

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A sturdy yellow or buff cotton cloth.

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Trousers made of this cloth.

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A Chinese porcelain with a blue-and-white pattern.

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A sort of cotton cloth, usually of a yellow color, made at Nanking in China.

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plural Trousers or breeches made of this material.

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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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Trousers made of nankeen.

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the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); — called also quaker.