nicanee
/ˌnɪkəˈniː/(also nicconee) Now historical
noun
A kind of textile formerly imported from India (perhaps a cheap striped calico); a piece of this. Usually in plural.
- The importation of nicanee was regarded as a threat to British manufacture, and it was therefore banned from commercial use in Britain from 1700..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Bloudy Fight in France. Origin uncertain. Probably from a vernacular South Asian language, ultimately from Sanskrit nigama marketplace, market-town, fair, trade, merchant.
- free market
- free marketeer
- free marketeering
- free marketer
- free marriage
- freemartin
- Freemason
- Freemasonic
- Freemasonism
- Freemasonry
- freemen's song
- free-milling
- freemium
- free moisture
- freeness
- free of charge
- free on board (or rail)
- free paper
- free parachute
- free pardon
- free part
- free pass
- free period
- Freephone
- free pistol