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pongee

[ pon-jee, pon-jee ]

noun

  1. silk of a slightly uneven weave made from filaments of wild silk woven in natural tan color.
  2. a cotton or rayon fabric imitating it. Compare Shantung ( def 2 ), tussah ( def 1 ).


pongee

/ pɒnˈdʒiː; ˈpɒndʒiː /

noun

  1. a thin plain-weave silk fabric from China or India, left in its natural colour
  2. a cotton or rayon fabric similar to or in imitation of this, but not necessarily in the natural colour
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pongee1

First recorded in 1705–15, pongee is from the Chinese word běnjī homewoven, literally, one's own loom
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pongee1

C18: from Mandarin Chinese (Peking) pen-chī woven at home, on one's own loom, from pen own + chi loom
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Example Sentences

I dressed up in a new white pongee suit, which 14 is very becoming to Jeremiah, and I wore my best round white hemp hat.

She was wearing a gown of Nile green pongee, heavily trimmed with expensive ecru lace.

I am not aware that public personages clothe their limbs in Pongee silk.

Pongee is a beautiful, durable silk in different shades of natural color.

The tan pongee dress she wore set off her dark hair and expressive, bluish-gray eyes.

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