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Petersham definition

Pe·ter·sham (pēt′ər s̸həm)

noun

  1. an overcoat made of a rough, heavy woolen cloth
  2. this cloth

Etymology: after Lord Petersham, who set the fashion (c. 1812)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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