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cretonne.

Noun
SettingLiterary
MEANING

A sturdy printed fabric, usually cotton, used for furnishings.

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  • cretonne curtains
  • floral cretonne

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Cretonne curtains framed the narrow window.
The chair was covered in floral cretonne.

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Primary category: gothic. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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