satin de chine

plural satins de chine · plural satin de chines

1. countableuncountableA napless worsted satin.

   Marcelines, florentines, serges, satin de chine, and the various fabrics used for lining are produced in great quantities here.

   1881, Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Industries of New Jersey, for the Year Ending October 31st, 1881, Somerville, N.J.: Edward B. Porter, page 152

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   This classification includes the manufacture of a large variety of silk goods, among which are machine twist, tram, organzine, fringe, broad silks, gros-grains, serges, surahs, satins de chine, and silk handkerchiefs.

   1886, Reports on the Statistics of Wages in Manufacturing Industries; with Supplementary Reports on the Average Retail Price of Necessaries of Life, and on Trades Societies, and Strikes and Lockouts, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, page 369

   Q. Do you know what other concerns made these satin de chines? A. I did not bother with that. Q. Did you know what concerns were selling satin de chines?

   1924, Supreme Court Papers on Appeal from Order