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Webster 1913 Edition


Wigan

Wigโ€ฒan

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Noun.
A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of womenโ€™s dresses, etc.; โ€“ so called from
Wigan
, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.

Definition 2024


Wigan

Wigan

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English

Proper noun

Wigan

  1. A town in Greater Manchester, England.

Anagrams

wigan

wigan

See also: Wigan

English

Noun

wigan โ€Ž(countable and uncountable, plural wigans)

  1. A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
    • 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, Volume 8, page 313,
      It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required.

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Romanization

wigan

  1. Romanization of ๐…๐Œน๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐Œฝ