parramatta
/ˌparəˈmatə
/(also paramatta)
noun [mass noun]
A fine-quality twill fabric with a weft of worsted and a warp of cotton or silk, used originally as a dress material and now particularly in the making of rubber-proofed garments.
Origin
Early 19th century: named after Parramatta, a city in New South Wales, Australia, which was the site of a prison whose inmates manufactured the cloth for clothing supplied to the convict servants of settlers.
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- not half
- no thanks to
- not have a bar of
- not have a cat in hell's chance
- not have a leg to stand on
- not have a penny to bless oneself with
- not have a pot to piss in
- not have a prayer
- not have a shot in one's locker
- not have a —— bone in one's body
- not have the faintest
- not have the foggiest (idea or notion)
- not have two pennies (or farthings etc.) to rub together
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- nothingarian
- nothingarianism
- nothing but
- nothing-but-ism
- nothing-buttery
- nothing daunted
- nothing doing
- nothing if not
- nothingism
- nothingist