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Definition of NANKIN

nankin
Nankeen Nan*keen", n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China.] [Written also nankin.] 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

Meaning of NANKIN from wikipedia

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