Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stiff cotton fabric often used as interfacing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stiff, open canvas-like fabric, used for stiffening and protecting the lower inside surface of skirts, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
canvas -likecotton fabric , used to stiffen and protect the lower part oftrousers and of theskirts of women'sdresses , etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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June 1, 2009 at 2: 13 am this is fantastic i collect them all u can get them at telscope shop in wigan
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Yes | No | Report from dakohta14 wrote 9 weeks 15 hours ago either a pitail or a canvasback but i would also go for wigan
Best Tasting Ducks 2009
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Yes | No | Report from dakohta14 wrote 9 weeks 15 hours ago either a pitail or a canvasback but i would also go for wigan
Best Tasting Ducks 2009
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Nu sceall billes ecg, hond ond heard sweord ymb hord wigan.'
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Nu sceall billes ecg, hond ond heard sweord ymb hord wigan.'
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Fantastic footage of willard wigan carving sculpture of malcolm x on head of toothpick!!
Insects Closeup View 2006
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Nu sceall billes ecg, hond ond heard sweord ymb hord wigan.'
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Jacks picking me up in wigan in a bit, i dont like his new car; its too fast.
brodyblakk Diary Entry brodyblakk 2007
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I ave half a day & then im going to wigan with loz.
brodyblakk Diary Entry brodyblakk 2007
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As with everthing people have to moan at any little thing but I want the cast to know that we travelled home to wigan with our minds taken back 50 odd years, thanks to them for that.
Archive 2003-07-06 2003
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