Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Australia, New Zealand, uncountable Household linen.
- n. Australia, New Zealand, countable The section of a department store dealing with household linen.
- n. uncountable A type of velveteen cloth; cotton velveteen.
Etymologies
- After the city of Manchester, England, once an important centre for the manufacture of cotton textile goods. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“There is a chnace that the long summer hols will be a time of reflection for out Tony - would not be surprised if he decided to use the party conference in manchester to set the date.”
“October 22, 2005 02: 15 kev: hey blair nice track ... i hear you used to live in manchester, that's where i'm at now, just about to go out and dj myself for the night. did you used to play in manchester as well? kev”
“October 25, 2005 17: 02 kev: blair - that's good stuff, i still go to the music box pretty regularly, you'll be pleased to know that the electric chair is still the best night in manchester! what was the other bar you used to dj at? we run a night in manchester now at a new place, there's details of it on my blog, manchester is rocking at the moment!”
“Those on the rise are the manchester capitalist racist alliances you seem to love so much.”
“We've got one in manchester that's hardly used and is starting to become shabby.”
The Guardian: Olympic velodrome threatens to give London games a good name | Richard Williams
“Does that mean that this language is standard fair for libtards? scott, manchester NH”
“Got interviewed on breakfast radio show for radio manchester.”
“June 12th, 2010 / Posted by fp julia / Permalink greetings from manchester tennessee!”
bonnaroo bound – first stop, nashville | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog
“Wheres the sheriff of manchester when you need him! on March 14, 2008 at 10: 20 am | Reply Captain Slow”
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Associated Press Exit Polls: A Third Of Evangelicals Vote For Dems
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘manchester’.
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English Counties, Districts, Boroughs
northumberland, tyne and wear, newcastle upon tyne, gateshead, north tyneside, south tyneside, sunderland, cumbria, carlisle, allerdale, eden, copeland and 348 more...
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Fabrics
Woven, knit and tatted fabrics. Other kinds of cloth, such as tapa and chamois are not included.
shikii, shantung, cotton, linen, tweed, wool, velour, velvet, velveteen, gabardine, chenille, silk and 550 more...
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Testosterone City
The manliest places on earth.
manchester, manitoba, manhattan, manila, manchuria, mandarin, mandalay bay, isle of man, manfred, old man's lake, deadman's bay, manasota key and 3 more...
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tsherel's Words
yardie, mandeville, manchester, bogle, masai, gist, wiki, linux, pilonidal, adenoid, nerd, loser and 30 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for manchester.
bilby I've just booked a hotel in Manchester. I presume I don't have to bring my own linen. Dec 13, 2008