clothing

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Hugh Testerman said he buys his goods twice a year from Charlotte, N.C. Most of the clothing is American-made, he said.

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  1. noun Clothes considered as a group; wearing apparel.
  2. noun A covering.

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  • He had a high forehead and the large mobile mouth of an orator, but his clothing was the item about his appearance which struck the eye. —  042 - The Midas Man
  • Underneath the clothing was a black leather satchel, a sort of soft-sided briefcase. —  Scanned ; Semi-Proofed by Cozette
  • The sensation of his hand through her clothing was almost more than she could bear. —  Cheyenne McCray - Spellbound.pdf.htm
  • Like the gaudy room, his clothing was a colorful mixture of planetary styles from several worlds. —  Norton, Andre - Uncharted Stars (v1.0) (html).html
  • Meeting his dark eyes, I had the impression that his clothing was a mask of sorts, meant to bedazzle and mislead those with whom he dealt. —  Norton, Andre - Uncharted Stars (v1.0) (html).html
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clothing:   clothes ·  clothe ·  clothed ·  clad
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. from Middle English clothing, clathing (also clething, later English dial. and Scots cleading, cleeding) (= Dutch kleeding = German kleidung = Danish klædning), verbal noun of clothe, v.: see clothe.
  2. Verbal noun of cloth, v.
 

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/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
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