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batiste definition

ba·tiste (bə tēst′, ba-)

noun

a fine, thin cloth of cotton, linen, rayon, wool, etc.

Etymology: Fr < OFr baptiste: so called from the supposed orig. maker, Baptiste of Cambrai, city in N France

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