noun
Origin: < Mandarin Chin dial. pen-chi, one’s own loom
See pongee in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin:
Origin: Chinese (Mandarin) běn zhī, homemade fabric
Origin: : běn, root, original, one's own
Origin: + zhī, to weave, spin
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