spun silk

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noun

yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed.Compare reeled silk.

a fabric woven from this yarn.

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Origin of spun silk

First recorded in 1750–60

Words nearby spun silk

spun glass, spunk, spunkie, spunky, spun rayon, spun silk, spun sugar, spunware, spun yarn, spur, spur blight

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How to use spun silk in a sentence

Poking out of the shiny gold pages is a “distinctive silk marker”—also gold—which “complements the color of the leather.”
Rand Paul’s Many Leather-Bound Books|Olivia Nuzzi|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sometimes I wear my silk pyjamas when I am going for a walk in the mornings, does that make me eccentric?
The Death of the English Eccentric|Tom Sykes|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Behind their silk hats loom shadows of their immigrant forbears.
The Magazine That Made—and Unmade—Politicians|Anthony Haden-Guest|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Waving a silk cloth, he declared, “Gentlemen, I will have this land just as surely as I now have this handkerchief.”
Washington’s Wheeler-Dealer Patriotism|William O’Connor|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He spun three times, stopped on a dime, and flashed the familiar “jazz hands” pose before walking away.
Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane|Caitlin Dickson|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
He urged the growing of mulberry trees and the propagation of silk worms, as being of more value than tobacco.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
She had been properly dressed for the occasion in black tulle and black silk tights.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
A chair covered with red silk, borne on the shoulders of sixteen chair-men, passed up to the temple.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
Instead of a cloth, on each table was a sheet of fine glazed paper which had the appearance of oiled silk.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike

British Dictionary definitions for spun silk

spun silk

noun

yarn or fabric made from silk waste

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