Definition of "velveteens" []

• Plural form of velveteen. (noun)

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• "He was far stronger than she, but she had seen help approaching – a man in velveteens, and for just a moment after Jake, too, had seen the game-keeper, Bessie was able to keep him from running."
• "His celebrated portrait of Charles William Lambton in scarlet velveteens was sometimes assumed to be an imaginary portrait of the dreaming, youthful Byron, the very soul of English romanticism, and was reproduced across Europe as such, and is still instantly recognisable today."
• "I had observed that our landlord wore, on that memorable morning, a pair of bran new velveteens instead of his ancient thicksets."