Etymology

satin de chine

Today it means: A napless worsted satin. Full definition →

French satin de Chine
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromsatin de Chine
  2. English todaysatin de chine

Mid 19th century; from French satin de Chine (although this is apparently first attested later: 1859 or earlier), literally “satin of China”.

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