nankin

plural nankins

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of nankeen.

1. obsoleteObsolete form of Nanking, former name of Nanjing: a prefecture-level city, the capital of Jiangsu, China.

   NANKEEN A cotton fabric, of firm texture, woven plain. It is made principally at Nankin, China, from which place it derives its name.

   1872, C. M. Brown, L. Gates, Scissors and Yardstick, Hartford, Conn., page 44

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   The Ming Dynasty reigned till the year 1644, but the last thirty years of their government was a period of continual strife between the Government (who had moved the capital from Nankin to Pekin) and the barbarous tribes of Manchu Tartars on the frontiers, and with insurrections in the interior.

   1891, A. Egmont Hake, “Events Connected with the Taeping Rebellion”, in Events in the Taeping Rebellion, London: W. H. Allen and Co. Ltd., page 99

   Dr. Treudley will assist in the editing of the magazine until August, 1923, when she leaves for Nankin, China, to teach in Ginling College.

   1922 December, “Dr. Mary B. Treudley to Edit Magazine”, in Ohio University Bulletin, volume XVIII, number 29, Athens, Ohio, page 5