wigan
see also: Wigan
Noun
Wigan
Proper noun
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see also: Wigan
Noun
wigan
- A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
- 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, Volume 8, page 313 ↗,
- It was really no easy matter to build up two or three plies of double warp Wigan with a thin covering of rubber to the accurate gauge that the printer required.
- 1932, Transactions of the Institution of the Rubber Industry, Volume 8, page 313 ↗,
Wigan
Proper noun
- A town/and/metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England.
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