Seersucker (noun)
seer-suk-er
Traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving.
Seersucker was first recorded in English around 1715-25, after the fabric had begun to be imported to Europe from India. Seersucker comes from the Hindi word sīrsakar, from the Persian phrase shīr o shakar, which literally means “milk and sugar.”
Example sentences
“the faded seersucker cushion sat on the rocking chair”
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