manchester

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

After Manchester.

[edit] Noun

manchester (countable and uncountable; plural manchesters)

1. (Australian, New Zealand, countable) Section of a department store dealing with household linen, probably due to the notoriety of the quality of linen produced in the city of Manchester in North-West England.
2. (uncountable) Type of velveteen cloth; cotton velveteen.

[edit] Translations

velveteen

• Russian: манчестер (mančéster) m.