seersucker

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English

Seersucker

Etymology

From Hindi शीरशक्कर (śīrśakkar), from Persian شیر و شکر (šir o šekar, literally milk and sugar), modified by folk etymology, originally alluding to the smooth (“milk”) and rough (“sugar”) surface of the stripes.[1][2]

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Noun

seersucker (countable and uncountable, plural seersuckers)

  1. (textiles) A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
    • 1919, Harvey J. O'Higgins, “Benjamin McNeil Murdock”, in From the Life:
      I saw merely a lank, commonplace, and simple-looking farmer, going about his chores in faded blue overalls, a seersucker shirt, and a straw hat of the kind that is called a "cow's breakfast."
  2. (countable) An article made from such fabric.

Descendants

  • French: seersucker
  • German: Seersucker

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