sergedusoy

alternative sergdusoy · alternative sergedesoy

1. historicaluncountableSilk serge.

   He is wearing a freshly starched cravat and a new sergdusoy jacket, his boots are polished and he carries a clumsily wrapped package under his arms.

   1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 240

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   SERGEDUSOY (Fr.). A coarse silken stuff, as its name implies. It was used in the last century for coats, etc., for common people, being a degree above cloth.

   1860, Frederick William Fairholt, Costume in England, page 578