nainsook
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nainsook
1780–90; < Urdu, Hindi nainsukh, equivalent to nain the eye + sukh pleasure
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The striped and plaid nainsook are used for the same purposes.
From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by William H. (William Henry) Dooley
The finest and softest of French and Scotch flannels, French linen, dimity, nainsook, and India silk are always dainty and they should be made up very simply with little trimming, but that of the finest.
From Textiles and Clothing by Kate Heintz Watson
A nainsook is a jacconet bleached and finished soft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
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 Ethel M. Chapman
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
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