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Meaning of nankeen | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“1885, L. and A. Maude (translators), Leo Tolstoy, "What Men Live By", in What Men Live By and Other Tales He put on over his shirt his wife's wadded nankeen jacket, and over that he put his own cloth coat.”

“c. 1910-1920, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Thomas Seltzer (translator), A Christmas Tree and a Wedding She was a poor widow, and her little boy, clad in a sorry-looking little nankeen jacket, looked thoroughly crushed and intimidated.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

nankeen kestrel nankeens nankhatai Nankin Nanking Nanle