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balzarine

balzarine noun: a lightweight fabric made from cotton and wool, used for summer dresses.

Noun

balzarine (countable and uncountable, plural balzarines)

  1. A lightweight fabric made from cotton and wool, used for summer dresses.
    • Originally she had come to me, possessed but of one gown, and that a forlorn and ragged balzarine, with four draggled, torn flounces.1857, Louisa Anne Meredith, Shadows of a Golden Image
    • Then I have little messengers racing "like mad" through the galleries of my head ; spinning long yarns, and wearing fabrics rich and soft as the balzarine which I so much covet, until I shut my eyes and stop my ears and whisk away, with the 'wonderful lamp' safely hidden in my own brown braids.1860, Asahel Clark Kendrick, The Life and Letters of Mrs. Emily C. Judson, page 95

Forms of balzarine

pluralbalzarines

Questions about balzarine

What does balzarine mean?
Balzarine means a lightweight fabric made from cotton and wool, used for summer dresses.
What part of speech is balzarine?
Balzarine is a noun.
What is the plural of balzarine?
The plural of balzarine is balzarines.

Words near balzarine in the dictionary

  1. Balzac
  2. Balzacian
  3. Balzacians
  4. Balzano
  5. Balzanos
  6. balzarine
  7. balzarines
  8. Balzer
  9. Balzers
  10. Balıkesir
  11. Balșa

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