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SHANTUNG
shantung
(noun) a heavy silk fabric with a rough surface (or a cotton imitation)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Shantung
Obsolete spelling of Shandong.
Anagrams
• T'ung-shan
Etymology
Noun
shantung (countable and uncountable, plural shantungs)
A heavy fabric, with a rough surface, made from wild silk.
• H. E. Bates
A fabric of some other material having the same characteristics.
Anagrams
• T'ung-shan
Source: Wiktionary
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