Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A coarse linen fabric or duck made at Barnsley in England.

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  • noun Plural form of drabbet.

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Examples

  • "Those calicoes, and prints, and 'drabbets,' you go to Manchester to buy?" put in Deleah, anxious to show that she understood.

    Mrs. Day's Daughters Mary E. Mann

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