Crimean flannel en · NOUN
Meanings
- (uncountable) A type of flannel material used to make Crimean shirts.
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(countable) A Crimean shirt.
His shirt, an ordinary Crimean flannel, was exquisitely clean, and outside the "lean-to" another was drying on a bush.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 161:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crimean flannels | Number=Plur | lexicographic |