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pongee

Noun

pon=gee

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pongee(n = noun.artifact) Array - a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation); Array

pongee, n. [Of East Indian origin.].

A fabric of undyed silk from India and China. [1913 Webster]

pongee, n.
1 a soft usu. unbleached type of Chinese silk fabric.
2 an imitation of this in cotton etc.

Etymology

perh. f. Chin. dial. pun-chi own loom, i.e. home-made

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