Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Fine, downy wool growing beneath the outer hair of Himalayan goats.
- noun A soft fabric made of this wool.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Pushmina .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
goat , native toKashmir - noun the fine
wool that grows under thehair of this animal - noun a soft
fabric made from this wool
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I checked out the scarf and saw that, according to the label, it was called a pashmina.
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Unless your pashmina is from the best-quality Nepalese source, the answer is no.
The Pashmina Store Equals Affordability, Quality, and Style 2007
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If a pashmina is a kind of scarf, then maybe we do have them up north as well.
Ms R's Christmas stockings Ms Robinson 2008
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Last of all, my best piece of packing advice is to bring a pashmina: There is simply no end to the number of ways a pashmina is your best friend when traveling.
BlogHer 2010
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* The $5 pashmina man, who I bought a lovely red "pashmina" from on Wednesday that so nicely matches my dollar store hat.
misspinkkate Diary Entry misspinkkate 2005
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The "pashmina" scarves were really pashmina wool and silk, a blend that is less expensive than pure pashmina.
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The "pashmina" scarves were really pashmina wool and silk, a blend that is less expensive than pure pashmina.
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Ms. Callaway told The Transom that the picture ended up in the paper by mistake when she typed "pashmina" into the tabloid's computer system, and the program pulled up Ms. Rivers 'photo.
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AGRA JAIL CARPETS: These carpets are made of the finest wools, velvets, silks and sometimes even pashmina which is considered to be one of the most exotic fibres for weaving shawls for making these carpets with natural dyes and take a few hundred weavers upto 15 years to make a single carpet.
Free Apparel News – Apparel RSS XML Feeds – Fibre2fashion.com 2009
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Mom had a pashmina draped over one arm, and Dad was still wearing his suit.
Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011
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