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satin de chine en · NOUN

Etymology

Mid 19th century; from French satin de Chine (although this is apparently first attested later: 1859 or earlier), literally “satin of China”.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A napless worsted satin.
   • This classification includes the manufacture of a large variety of silk goods, among which are machine twist, tram, organzine, fringe, broad silks, gros-grains, serges, surahs, satins de chine, and silk handkerchiefs. 1886, Reports on the Statistics of Wages in Manufacturing Industries; with Supplementary Reports on the Average Retail Price of Necessaries of Life, and on Trades Societies, and Strikes and Lockouts, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 369:
   • Q. Do you know what other concerns made these satin de chines? A. I did not bother with that. Q. Did you know what concerns were selling satin de chines? 1924, Supreme Court Papers on Appeal from Order:
   • Marcelines, florentines, serges, satin de chine, and the various fabrics used for lining are produced in great quantities here. 1881, Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries of New Jersey, for the Year Ending October 31st, 1881, Somerville, N.J.: Edward B. Porter, page 152:

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