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cambric
[ keym-brik ]
noun
- a thin, plain cotton or linen fabric of fine close weave, usually white.
cambric
/ ˈkeɪmbrɪk /
noun
- a fine white linen or cotton fabric
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Origin of cambric1
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Example Sentences
At the head of the procession was a priest, and at his side a Chinese with a lantern two feet high, covered with white cambric.
His gold he wrapped in a cambric cloth, put it into a shot bag, and then into a portmanteau.
Over this paste a piece of dark blue cambric, Fig. 3, carefully turning the edges even with the book.
Behold how he prances with his manly foot, and brandishes his blade, much as if he were about to measure forth cambric with it.
And you exhibited to him the vial of chloroform and the piece of cambric?
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