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spun silk

noun

yarn produced by spinning silk waste and short, broken filaments from which the sericin has been removed. Compare reeled silk.

a fabric woven from this yarn.

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Origin:
1750–60

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spun silk

—n
	yarn or fabric made from silk waste

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