seersuckern.
/ˈsɪəsʌkə/ A thin linen, or sometimes cotton, fabric, striped and with a crimped or puckered surface, of Indian manufacture. Also (and now chiefly) applied to imitations made elsewhere. Also, a garment made of seersucker. Also attributive or as adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from choice of fibres > [noun] > cotton or linen > patterned
gingham1615
Bengal silk1711
seersucker1722
Bengal stripes1875
1722 C. Carroll in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1925) 20 64 To Corded Dimothy..To I Sea Sucker D°.
1725 Boston News-let. 24 June A Seersucker Jacket and Breeches.
1736 Virginia Gaz. 15 Oct. 4/2 Ran away..a Servant Woman..took..a Seesucker Gown.
1757 tr. C.-M. Guyon New Hist. E.-Indies II. 145 600 pieces sirsakas.
1757 in A. Dalrymple Oriental Repertory (1793) I. 203 I have with me..as a present for the King of Ava..2Do of Seersuckers.
1866 Daily Tel. 29 Jan. 5/3 I have made acquaintance with the Spanish soldier..in Havana, where in summer he is sensibly clad in a suit of seersucker.
1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey vi. 130 The clerk, in a seersucker coat.
1901 E. Singleton Furnit. of Forefathers II. 631 The materials used for upholstering in the seventeenth century were camak,..searsucker [etc.].
1958 B. Malamud Magic Barrel 124 He dried himself and dressed. When he came forth in his seersucker, she offered salami.
1964 Punch 29 Apr. p. xiv/2 For men, striped cotton seersucker jackets.
1975 B. Garfield Hopscotch vii. 77 A trim sandy man..in the regulation seersucker.
1981 L. Stephan Murder or Not vi. 40 Her seersucker shift..with its thin blue and white stripes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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