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pon⋅gee

  [pon-jee, pon-jee]
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–noun
1. silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
2. a cotton or rayon fabric imitating it. Compare Shantung (def. 2), tussah (def. 1).
Origin:
1705–15; < Chin běnjī homewoven, lit., one's own loom
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pon·gee   (pŏn-jē', pŏn'jē)   
n.  A soft thin cloth woven from Chinese or Indian raw silk or an imitation thereof.

[Chinese (Mandarin) běn zhī, homemade fabric : běn, root, original, one's own + zhī, to weave, spin.]
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