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Duvetyne

[doo-vi-teen, dyoo-]

du·ve·tyn

[doo-vi-teen, dyoo-]
noun
a napped fabric, in a twilled or plain weave, of cotton, wool, silk, or rayon.
Also, du·ve·tine, du·ve·tyne.


Origin:
1910–15; < French duvetine, equivalent to duvet down (see duvet) + -ine -ine2
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Duvetyne is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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duvetyn, duvetine or duvetyne (ˈdjuːvəˌtiːn)
 
n
a soft napped velvety fabric of cotton, silk, wool, or rayon
 
[C20: from French duvetine, from duvet down + -ine1]
 
duvetine, duvetine or duvetyne
 
n
 
[C20: from French duvetine, from duvet down + -ine1]
 
duvetyne, duvetine or duvetyne
 
n
 
[C20: from French duvetine, from duvet down + -ine1]

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