Definition of Nainsooks

1. Noun. (plural of nainsook) ¹

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Definition of Nainsooks

1. nainsook [n] - See also: nainsook

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nainsooks

nailing down
nailings
nailist
nailists
nailless
nailrod
nails
nails down
nailset
nailsets
naily
nain
nainsell
nainsells
nainsook
nainsooks (current term)
naira
nairas
nairobi sheep disease
nairobi sheep disease viruses
nairovirus
nairoviruses
nairu
nairus
nais
naissance
naissances
naissant
naive
naive T-cell

Literary usage of Nainsooks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The House and Home: A Practical Book by Lyman Abbott (1896)
"For summer wear, crisp, cool ginghams, percales, lawns, and nainsooks are better than anything else. Good percale can usually be bought for a shilling a ..."

2. Economic Resources and Development of the Philippine Islands by Philippine Commercial Agencies (1920)
"The materials chiefly used in the making of Philippine hand embroideries are nainsooks, batiste, voile, georgette, crepe de chine and net cotton. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... Bishop and Victoria lawns, nainsooks, Arc., chiefly distinguished by variety of finish, dressing, folding, ..."

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