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percale definition

per·cale (pər kāl′)

noun

fine, closely woven cotton cloth, used for sheets, etc.

Etymology: Fr < Pers pargāla, fragment, scrap

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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