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cannequin

cannequin noun: a kind of cotton cloth made in the East Indies.

Noun

cannequin (plural cannequins)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of cotton cloth made in the East Indies.

Forms of cannequin

pluralcannequins

Questions about cannequin

What does cannequin mean?
Cannequin means a kind of cotton cloth made in the East Indies.
What part of speech is cannequin?
Cannequin is a noun.
What is the plural of cannequin?
The plural of cannequin is cannequins.

Words near cannequin in the dictionary

  1. cannelure
  2. cannelured
  3. cannelures
  4. cannelé
  5. cannelés
  6. cannequin
  7. cannequins
  8. canner
  9. canneries
  10. canners
  11. cannery

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