1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Nankeen \Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.] [Written also {nankin}.] 1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton ({Gossypium religiosum}) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent. [1913 Webster] 2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] {Nankeen bird} (Zool.), the Australian night heron ({Nycticorax Caledonicus}); -- called also {quaker}. [1913 Webster]
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