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Definition of "ninon" [ninon]

  • A sheer fabric of silk, rayon, or nylon made in a variety of tight smooth weaves or open lacy patterns. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ninon" in a sentence
  • "I wish I had bought three yards more of that cerise ninon."
  • "If you want a silk _tricot_ you ask for "_djersador_," while a coarser texture is "_djersacier_"; "_mousseux_" now describes velvet as well as champagne; _ninon_ is known as"
  • "She wore a pretty but very simple dance-frock of flame-colored ninon, in which I had seen her at the Carlton on the night when I set out to meet the man Tarrant and was so nearly caught."
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