Fwd: gingham: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

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From: Dictionary.com <doctor@dictionary.com>
Date: 2013/9/6
Subject: gingham: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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	Word of the Day for Friday, September 6, 2013 gingham \GING-uhm\, noun: yarn-dyed, plain-weave cotton fabric, usually striped or checked. It was gingham, with checks of white and blue; and although the blue was somewhat faded with many washings, it was still a pretty frock. -- L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz, 1900 Country curtains at the windows, blue gingham with a row of yellow daisies to trim the hem, and white cotton balls fringed the edges. -- V.C. Andrews, Dark Angel, 1986 Gingham is derived from the Malay word ginggang which means "striped cloth." It entered English via the Dutch word gingang. Read the full entry | See synonyms | Comment on today's word | Suggest tomorrow's word Yesterday's word | Previous words | Help Words of the Day? How about words of timeless wisdom? Introducing our Quotes channel! "Life itself is a quotation." - Jorge Luis Borges Check out the Quote of the Day ›› If September means "seven" why is it the ninth month? Also, why is it "lucky seven?" We take the predictability of the calendar for granted. But we may have felt differently if we were living under the rule of Julius Caesar. September was the seventh month of the old Roman calendar. In this calendar, the year began in March. But the Julian calendar reform shifted the start of new year back two... Read more ›› Dictionary.com Word of the Day You are subscribed to the Word of the Day as: hectorpinillos@gmail.com Subscriber since: June 03, 2013 Unsubscribe from the Word of the Day To subscribe to the Word of the Day by email, please send a blank message to: join-wordoftheday@lists.lexico.com ©2013 by Dictionary.com, LLC. 555 12th Street Suite 500 Oakland CA 94607 Subscriptions to the Word of the Day can also be managed online   Tell a friend about the Word of the Day!

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