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mockado

American  
[muh-kah-doh] / məˈkɑ doʊ /

noun

plural

mockadoes

  1. a fabric simulating velvet, popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Etymology

Origin of mockado

1535–45; earlier mockeado < Italian moccaiardo (by association with mock ). See mohair

Example Sentences

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Each woman hath with her also, according to her abilitie, all her familie trimmed vp in white mockado: the better sort and wealthier women goe in litters of Cedar artificially wrought and richly dressed.

From Project Gutenberg

What mockado is this, to such a poor soul as I!

From Project Gutenberg

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