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nankeen


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 colour quite indestructible and permanent.

2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial colouring.

3. Trousers made of nankeen.

<zoology> Nankeen bird, the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); called also quaker.

Origin: So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China

Alternative forms: nankin.

Source: Websters Dictionary