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Lustring

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A glossy silk fabric; lutestring. countable, uncountable

    "[S]he would give her a brown lustring gown, which with some alterations to make it more suitable to her degree would a great while serve her for a Sunday wear […]."

Etymology

From French lustrine, Italian lustrino, from lustrare (“to polish”), Latin lustrare. See luster and compare lutestring.

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