Kerseymere

//ˈkəːzɪmɪə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fine, twilled woollen cloth. countable, uncountable

    "I became aware of the figure of a youth about my own height, and habited in a white kerseymere morning frock, cut in the novel fashion of the one I myself wore at the moment."

Example

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"I became aware of the figure of a youth about my own height, and habited in a white kerseymere morning frock, cut in the novel fashion of the one I myself wore at the moment."

Etymology

Alteration of cassimere.

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