bombazin

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A form of bombazine — A twilled or corded fabric made from silk, wool, or cotton dyed black.

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Meanings

nounbombazin (countable and uncountable, plural bombazins)

plural bombazins

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of bombazine.

    She mourned, however, in plenty of legitimate crape; all that broad hems could do—all that black crape could do—all that bombazin could do, was done to shew her respect for the departed.

    1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter XIII, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 296
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APA

bombazin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombazin

MLA

“bombazin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombazin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bombazin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bombazin.

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