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A twilled fabric used for dresses; the warp is silk and the weft is worsted.

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Usage examples (35)
  • Black bombazine is frequently used for mourning garments
  • When Miss Amelia pronounced "bombazine" to Laddie our side cried, "Careful, Laddie, careful! you're out of your element!"
  • The entire furniture-covering is made, we are privately informed, of "bombazine," and the explosion may be expected to be terrific.
  • I don't believe you know a silk dress from a bombazine one.
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