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nankeen (n.)

kind of cotton cloth, originally usually yellow, 1755, from Nanking, China, where it originally was made. Also "trousers or breeches made of nankeen" (1806).

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Definitions of nankeen from WordNet

nankeen (n.)
a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color;
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