cretonne

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A new carpet and a little fresh cretonne is all that is needed.

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  1. noun A heavy unglazed cotton, linen, or rayon fabric, colorfully printed and used for draperies and slipcovers.

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  • Once, the artist had tried draping her in the piece of cretonne which lay over the divan. —  Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets - 04—Simenon, Georges
  • In front of it was an immense cretonne-covered sofa with sagging springs, and a single matching armchair. —  Shroud for a Nightingale
  • To the general effect, her cretonne-encased pillow gave the final touch. —  The Rich Little Poor Boy
  • Behind him the staircase was suddenly bathed in sunshine; all the panes of stained glass became sparkling and rich; and a sheaf of prismatic rays stretched down, through the gloom of the hall, toward Lilla's upturned face She sped up the staircase All that she saw was the four-post bedstead canopied with cretonne, the face on the pillow. —  Sacrifice
  • A new carpet and a little fresh cretonne is all that is needed. —  Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
 

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  1. After Creton, a village of northwest France.

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  1. French, originally a strong white fabric of hempen warp and linen weft: named from the first maker.
 

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/krəˈtɑn/
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