noun
1.
a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
2.
a narrow ribbon finished with a high gloss.
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lustring or lutestring (ˈlʌstrɪŋ, ˈluːtˌstrɪŋ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a glossy silk cloth, formerly used for clothing, upholstery, etc | |
| [C17: from Italian lustrino, from lustro | |
| lutestring or lutestring | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Italian lustrino, from lustro | |
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Lutestring
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So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| 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. |
| lutestring (ˈluːtˌstrɪŋ) | |
| —n | |
| textiles a variant of lustring | |
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