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noun
a plainwoven cotton, rayon, or linen fabric: traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.
Origin:
1715–25; < Hindi sīrsakar < Persian shīr o shakar literally, milk and sugar
1715–25; < Hindi sīrsakar < Persian shīr o shakar literally, milk and sugar
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Seersucker
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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seersucker
1722, from Hindi sirsakar, E. Indian corruption of Pers. shir o shakkar "striped cloth," lit. "milk and sugar," an allusion to the alternately smooth and puckered surfaces of the stripes. From Pers. shir (cf. Skt. ksiram "milk") + shakar (cf. Pali sakkhara, Skt. sarkara "gravel, grit, sugar;" see
EXPAND sugar).
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