Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A coarse linen fabric, or duck.
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- noun A
coarse linen fabric .
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Examples
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Some were, as usual, in snow-white smock-frocks of Russia duck, and some in whitey-brown ones of drabbet — marked on the wrists, breasts, backs, and sleeves with honeycomb-work.
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Some were, as usual, in snow-white smock-frocks of Russia duck, and some in whitey-brown ones of drabbet -- marked on the wrists, breasts, backs, and sleeves with honeycomb-work.
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