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douppioni
[ doo-pee-oh-nee ]
noun
- an irregular silk thread reeled from two or more entangled cocoons and producing a coarse yarn generally used in fabrics such as shantung or pongee.
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Origin of douppioni1
< Italian doppione; dupion
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