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seersucker

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/
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/ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/ · /ˈsɪəˌsʌk.ə/

Definition of seersucker

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
    “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."”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A thin, all-cotton fabric, commonly striped, used to make clothing for summer wear.
    “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.

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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.

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