nankeen
noun
a firm, durable, yellow or buff fabric, formerly made from a natural-colored Chinese cotton.
nankin
-
a variation of
nankeen.
Example Sentences
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A very beautiful nankin color may likewise be obtained from birch-bark, set with alum.
From The American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Maria Francis Child
The ordinary form of Cattleya aurea is nankin yellow, but in the variety R. H. Measures, sepal and petal are gamboge.
From The Woodlands Orchids by Frederick Boyle
And she had a real nankin frock that Margaret embroidered just above the hem.
From A Little Girl in Old New York by Amanda Minnie Douglas
His productions were of the useful kind, viz., services for the table, in imitation of common nankin.
From The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods by William Chaffers
He was dressed, as one would expect, in a grey nankin coat, shiny with wear at the waist and the collar.
From A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I by Constance Garnett
