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wigans

wigans is the plural of wigan.

Meaning of wigan

Noun

wigan (countable and uncountable, plural wigans)

  1. A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
    • It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required.1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, volume 8, page 313

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Questions about wigans

What is wigans the plural of?
Wigans is the plural of wigan.

Words near wigans in the dictionary

  1. Wiganer
  2. Wiganers
  3. Wiganese
  4. Wiganite
  5. Wiganites
  6. wigans
  7. wigdom
  8. Wigen
  9. Wigens
  10. wigeon
  11. wigeons

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