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VELVETEEN

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 980 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VELVETEEN , a See also:

cotton See also:cloth made in See also:imitation of See also:velvet. The See also:term, is sometimes applied to a mixture of See also:silk and cotton. Some velveteens are a See also:kind of See also:fustian, having a See also:rib of velvet See also:pile alternating with a See also:plain depression. The velveteen', See also:trade varies a See also:good See also:deal with the fashions that See also:control the See also:production of velvet. Velveteens are commonly See also:woven in sheeting looms, and manufacturers are able to alternate the two kinds of goods according to the demand.

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