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hardanger
[ hahr-dang-er ]
noun
- embroidery openwork having elaborate symmetrical designs created by blocks of satin stitches within which threads of the embroidery fabric are removed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hardanger1
First recorded in 1880–85; after Hardanger, an area in SW Norway where such embroidery was originally produced
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Example Sentences
Hardanger & Co. represented one of the greatest factors in the trade of two hemispheres.
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To stand out on abstract questions of honor, and then tacitly break all faith by going in with Hardanger!
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Gjert Hovland seems to be the first one from the province of Hardanger to emigrate to America.
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We have seen that the former of these came to America in 1831, being probably the first immigrant from Hardanger.
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These eighteen persons form the advance guard of the immigration from Hardanger.
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