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denim (den′im)

noun

a coarse, twilled, sturdy cotton cloth used as for jeans, overalls, and uniforms

Etymology: < Fr (serge) de Nîmes, (serge) of Nîmes, where first made

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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