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gingham

ging·ham

UK/ˈɡɪŋ.əm/ US/ˈɡɪŋʌm/ uncommon archaic slang uk

noun

Origin

From Malay genggang (“ajar; apart”), or a corruption of French Guingamp, the name of a town in Brittany, France, where this cloth may have been made.

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