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Definition of Nainsooks
1. nainsook [n] - See also: nainsook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nainsooks
Literary usage of Nainsooks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The House and Home: A Practical Book by Lyman Abbott (1896)
"For summer wear, crisp, cool ginghams, percales, lawns, and nainsooks are better
than anything else. Good percale can usually be bought for a shilling a ..."
2. Economic Resources and Development of the Philippine Islands by Philippine Commercial Agencies (1920)
"The materials chiefly used in the making of Philippine hand embroideries are
nainsooks, batiste, voile, georgette, crepe de chine and net cotton. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... Bishop and Victoria lawns, nainsooks, Arc., chiefly distinguished by variety
of finish, dressing, folding, ..."
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