01 n. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
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A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
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An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used, above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast.“Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched fustian.” — Addison.