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duvetyne

Variant of duvetyn

noun

a soft textile with a short, velvety nap, originally made of cotton with a spun-silk filling

Origin: Fr duvetine < duvet, eiderdown < MFr, altered < dumet < OFr dum, dun, altered (? after plume) < ON dunn, down

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