nainsook
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nainsook
1780–90; < Urdu, Hindi nainsukh, equivalent to nain the eye + sukh pleasure
Vocabulary lists containing nainsook
Example Sentences
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“And this is some more clover,” she murmured later, as, robed in a little nainsook gown, she stretched out luxuriously between lavender scented sheets.
From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Lyford, Philip
She had never known what it was to take a ten-dollar bill from a pile, and spend it with luxurious recklessness in white flannelette and nainsook and shirting and various colored calicoes for the children.
From God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life by Chapman, Ethel M.
A nainsook is a jacconet bleached and finished soft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
The framework and ribs were made entirely of Riga pine; the surface fabric was nainsook.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
She wore a white duck skirt, a soft nainsook blouse open at the throat, the sailor collar knotted with a red silk scarf.
From Peggy Stewart at School by Jackson, Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie)
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