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A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.

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  1. n. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent.
  2. n. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
  3. n. Trousers made of nankeen.
  4. n. a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color
  5. 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.
  6. Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), theAustralian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called alsoquaker.
  7. n a durable fabric formerly loomed by hand in China from natural cotton having a yellowish color