bombasine

English

Noun

bombasine (countable and uncountable, plural bombasines)

  1. A fabric made from silk, wool or cotton dyed black
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 93
      "I begin now to wish I'd worn my little bombasine"

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