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pongee definition

pon·gee (pän jē′, pun-; pän′jē)

noun

  1. a soft, thin cloth of Chinese or Indian silk, usually left in its natural light-brown color
  2. any cloth like this

Etymology: < Mandarin Chin dial. pen-chi, one’s own loom

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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