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adj. - Of textiles.

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Usage examples (7)
  • I'm trying to spin this as a possibly aran weight thick and thin slubbed two-ply, but I'm struggling.
  • She was dressed in a black, slubbed-silk suit, black alligator shoes and matching handbag, and was wrapped in a stylish three-quarter-length black suede coat.
  • So, lots of stuff happening here today - the kids slubbed around in the morning in their pyjamas and watched telly for ages, which was great, as that meant sewing time...
  • I like the slubbed silk idea, but I've read somewhere that if you use dupion or shantung with the "lines" sorry, can't remember the proper word running vertically, the...
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