Meaning of beggars' velvet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A blend of cotton and linen, used for making suits etc.
   historical, uncountable
2. Dust bunnies; fluff.
   colloquial, uncountable

Examples

“A scrawny man with long, matted hair shuffled forward. He had a pale face under a^([sic]) unkempt beard, his coat torn, dark breeches baggy over his thin thighs. Mould was growing in the seams of his coat, and dust, like beggars' velvet, lay on the nap.”

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