gingham
Meanings
noun
- A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.
- A dress made from that material.
- An umbrella.
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Etymology
From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France, where this cloth may have been made.
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