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seersucker

seer·suc·ker

UK/ˈsɪəˌsʌk.ə/ US/ˈsɪɹˌsʌk.ɚ/ uncommon

noun

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Origin

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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