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cashmere (n.)
1680s, "shawl made of cashmere wool," from the old spelling of
Kashmir
, Himalayan kingdom where wool was obtained from long-haired goats. As a name for this kind of woolen fabric, favored for shawls, etc., it is attested from 1822.
