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mussolina

cotton fabric

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A length of plain, lightweight, unbleached cotton muslin partly folded and loosely draped, with a lifted fold revealing its thinness and an exposed raw edge showing its simple woven construction.
noun

muslin

MUZ-lin/ˈmʌzlɪn/

A plain-woven cotton fabric, often light and loosely woven.

Etymology
muslinItaliancotton fabric

Mussolina names cloth after Mosul, where it was made. The fabric name shifted from a luxurious, delicately woven material to the ordinary lightweight cotton cloth meant today.

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