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/ˈɡɪŋ.əm/
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ˈɡɪŋ.əm
Noun
A cotton fabric made from dyed and white yarn woven in checks.
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And she found that she was not wearing a despised muslin frock! Her dress was gingham!—an adorable plaid with long sleeves, and a patch-pocket low down on the right side!
Aunt Elizabeth had produced a terrible gingham apron and an equally terrible gingham sunbonnet from somewhere in the New Moon garret, and made Emily put them on. The apron was a long sack-like garment, high in the neck, with sleeves.
Always, the relentless bass of hip-hop blasting in rooms of nautical-themed furnishings, faded driftwood, gingham upholstery, linen and chambray.
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Tradwifedom, the meekly old-fashioned vision of domesticity served up on Instagram by a bunch of submissive influencers in aprons, is a gingham-lined trap visible from space […].
A dress made from that material.
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"We have put on the pale blue silks that we wore at Isabella's wedding; that, however, was Georgiana's thought," continued Helen; "she said it would be impossible to go to church in our pink ginghams."
An umbrella.
Usage- UK usage
- Archaic
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- Uncountable
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[…] their ginghams stuck under their arms at right angles to their back-bones […]
Noun
a clothing fabric in a plaid weave