Usage examples for nankeen
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He was a tall, spare man, dressed in nankeen jacket and trousers, with a large- brimmed straw hat upon his head. – Newton Forster by Frederick Marryat
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His trousers were nankeen; the stockings had fallen down over the ankles. – A Wanderer in Paris by E. V. Lucas
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Salmon flesh, centre nankeen yellow. – Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley