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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The framework and ribs were made entirely of Riga pine; the surface fabric was nainsook.
From A History of Aeronautics by Evelyn Charles Vivian
Monny and Mrs. East, though warned that nights would be chill, have come clothed in silk and gossamer, and have brought low-necked nightgowns of nainsook trimmed with lace.
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
And Cousin Sue sent for a bolt of nainsook and yards and yards of lace and insertion and made up a whole lot of pretty underclothes for me.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
"I admit the cigars are not what he's accustomed to, but I'd like to meet the fence that'll take a nainsook pinafore and a couple of bibs."
From Berry And Co. by Dornford Yates
During the summer months nainsook caps or other thin materials are to be preferred to the heavy crocheted caps that are sometimes worn by babies.
From The Mother and Her Child by William S. Sadler
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