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percale
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun percale has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
percale, n. [F.].
A fine cotton fabric, having a linen finish, and often printed on one side, -- used for women's and children's wear, and for bedsheets. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
percale, n. a closely woven cotton fabric like calico.
Etymology
F, of uncert. orig.
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