Guzzy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of genus Guzmania, of tufted airplants.
  2. 2
    A kind of coarse cotton cloth. India, archaic, countable, uncountable

    "[…]a double sheet, made of very coarse cotton cloth, called guzzy; of which tents are usually constructed."

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"[…]a double sheet, made of very coarse cotton cloth, called guzzy; of which tents are usually constructed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the genus name,

Etymology 2

From Persian [Term?] and Hindi गज़ी (gazī). Possibly connected to guz/gaz, the fabric having been made a guz in length.

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