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colmar|ˈkɒlmə(r)|
[Name of a town in Alsace.]
1. A variety of pear.
1741Compl. Fam. Piece ii. iii. 352.
2. [perhaps of different origin.] A kind of fan, fashionable in Queen Anne's time.
1727Pope, &c. Art Sinking 94 The bride..with an air divine her Colmar ply'd. 1729Art of Politicks 10 Toupet, and Tompion..Colmar Hereafter will be called by some plain man A Wig, a Watch..a Fan. |