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GINGHAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 28 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GINGHAM , a See also:

cotton or See also:linen See also:cloth, for the name of which several origins are suggested. It is said to have been made at See also:Guingamp, a See also:town in See also:Brittany; the New See also:English See also:Dictionary derives the word from See also:Malay ging-gang, meaning " striped." The cloth is now of a See also:light or See also:medium See also:weight, and See also:woven of dyed or See also:white yarns either in a single See also:colour or different See also:colours, and in stripes, checks or plaids. It is made in See also:Lancashire and in See also:Glasgow, and also to a large extent in the See also:United States. Imitations of it are obtained by See also:calico-See also:printing. It is used for dresses, &c.

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