Meanings
noun
- alternativeobsoleteAlternative spelling of colbertine.
Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and Colberteen.
1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC1 more example
Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]
1708, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 7
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colberteen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colberteen
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“colberteen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colberteen. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colberteen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colberteen.
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