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silk shags

silk shags is the plural of silk shag.

Meaning of silk shag

Noun

silk shag (countable and uncountable, plural silk shags)

  1. A coarse, rough-woven silk, like plush, but with a stiffer nap.
    • Population 5,430 (more like 40,000 today), Andover is "a bustling agricultural town" with "many malt houses, and a factory for silk shag".2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59

Questions about silk shags

What is silk shags the plural of?
Silk shags is the plural of silk shag.

Words near silk shags in the dictionary

  1. silk screen
  2. silk screen effect
  3. silk screen effects
  4. silk serges
  5. silk shag
  6. silk shags
  7. silk tree
  8. silk trees
  9. silk-cotton tree
  10. silk-cotton trees
  11. silk-oak

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