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HOPSACKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hopsacking mean?
• HOPSACKING (noun)
The noun HOPSACKING has 1 sense:
1. a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing
Familiarity information: HOPSACKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hopsack; hopsacking
Hypernyms ("hopsacking" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
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