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Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A striped or figured silk fabric.
- n. A large white duck of a Chinese breed, widely raised in the United States for food.
Etymologies
- French pékin, after Pékin (Beijing), China.
Examples
“Mademoiselle Baptistine had also in her own room a very large easy-chair of wood, which had formerly been gilded, and which was covered with flowered pekin; but they had been obliged to hoist this bergere up to the first story through the window, as the staircase was too narrow; it could not, therefore, be reckoned among the possibilities in the way of furniture.”
“February 24, 2008 at 6:52 am mum, i feelz a pekin on my hed.”
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“He was, perhaps, discontented at being put in communication with a pekin, and thought that Lord Steyne should have sent him a Colonel at the very least.”
“The fourth and final savory course was Cherry glazed white pekin duck with flag pond pickled ramps and smoked hon shimiji.”
“If pekin and bayadère stripes are combined, we obtain checked fabrics, and of these an endless variety and pleasing effects can be produced with the aid of suitable color combinations.”
“Ant now,' he said, 'I haf got to pekin my day's work.”
“One of the queerest friendships that ever came under my observation was that which existed between a bantam cock and a pekin drake.”
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“Mademoiselle Baptistine bad also in her own room a very large easy-chair of wood, which had formerly been gilded, and which was covered with flowered pekin; but they had been obliged to hoist this bergere up to the first story through the window, as the staircase was too narrow; it could not, therefore, be reckoned among the possibilities in the way of furniture.”
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