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satins

satins is the plural of satin.

Meaning of satin

Noun

satin (countable and uncountable, plural satins)

  1. A cloth woven from silk, nylon or polyester with a glossy surface and a dull back. (The same weaving technique applied to cotton produces cloth termed sateen).
    • Ibn Batuta informs us that a rich silk texture made here was called Zaitûniya; and there can be little doubt that this is the real origin of our word Satin,—Zettani in mediæval Italian, Aceytuni in Spanish.1878, Henry Yule, "Chinchew" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, p. 673
  2. (obsolete, slang) Gin (the drink).
    • 'This poor gal was robbed, barely left a stitch, that and the drink... mind, I likes a drop of satin – wot you'd call gin – myself. I'll say nothing against it. She ended thrown out of an upstairs winder.'2014, Richard Gordon, The Private Life of Jack the Ripper, page 13

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What is satins the plural of?
Satins is the plural of satin.

Words near satins in the dictionary

  1. satinizing
  2. satinleaf
  3. satinlike
  4. satinpod
  5. satinpods
  6. satins
  7. satins de chine
  8. satintail
  9. satintails
  10. satinwood
  11. satinwoods

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