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A jacket of yellow nankeen, a striped cotton shirt, with loose cottonade trousers of bright sky colour.— The Boy Hunters
Scarlet and nankeen were the colours chiefly favoured for the spring costume of the exquisites of the period.— Art in England Notes and Studies
They returned to St. Clair and Fleury's bought the gray merino and the nankeen, and a dark brown merino for a dress Do you want only one of these?"— The Wide, Wide World
They are made of nankeen, or dark blue, brown, or black silk.— The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands

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