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duvetyn

American  
[doo-vi-teen, dyoo-] / ˈdu vɪˌtin, ˈdyu- /
Or duvetine,

noun

  1. a napped fabric, in a twilled or plain weave, of cotton, wool, silk, or rayon.


duvetyn British  
/ ˈdjuːvəˌtiːn /

noun

  1. a soft napped velvety fabric of cotton, silk, wool, or rayon

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Etymology

Origin of duvetyn

1910–15; < French duvetine, equivalent to duvet down ( duvet ) + -ine -ine 2

Example Sentences

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Serge, cloth, duvetyn, Canton crêpe, pongee, chiffon, and georgette are appropriate but one should avoid velvets and most fur trimmings.

From Project Gutenberg

Underneath her smock of duvetyn, the color of a ripe horse-chestnut, she wore bloomers and stockings rolled down under her knees,—as everybody could see.

From Project Gutenberg

Reason: the informal shirt waist has been supplanted by blouses of stiff velvet, chenille, soft duvetyn.

From Time Magazine Archive

Neither he nor Robin saw the incongruous picture they made; she in her warm suit of softest duvetyn and rich with fur, he in his working clothes, swinging a dinner pail in one hand and in the other balancing her knobby packages.

From Project Gutenberg

Select a perfectly sweet Rose du Barri duvetyn lined gris fonc�.

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