a knitted cotton material used for hosiery, underwear, etc.
Origin of balbriggan
after Balbriggan, town in Irelandbalbriggan
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balbriggan
noun
A knitted, unbleached cotton fabric for underwear.
Origin of balbriggan
After Balbriggan , a seaport of eastern IrelandTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
- An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear.
Origin
From Balbriggan, a place in Ireland.
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