manchester

See also Manchester

English

Etymology

After the city of Manchester, England, once an important centre for the manufacture of cotton textile goods.

Noun

manchester (countable and uncountable; plural manchesters)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, uncountable) Household linen.
   • 2003 September 24, Thomas 'bacco, “lyrics in song in K-Mart ad”, aus.tv, Usenet:

     Target www.target.com.au has an extensive range of quality on-trend fashionable apparel and accessories, the latest designs in homewares, including manchester, bed linen and décor, cosmetics, fragrances, health and beauty products and a full range of toys, games and entertainment.

2. (Australia, New Zealand, countable) The section of a department store dealing with household linen.
   • 2010, Scott Bainbridge, Shot in the Dark: Unsolved New Zealand Murders from the 1920s and ′30s, page 19,

     Apart from himself and his son, the only other workers to have keys to the main doors were James Sheehy, the sub-manager, and Stanley Shanks who was in charge of the Manchester department.

3. (uncountable) A type of velveteen cloth; cotton velveteen.

Translations

velveteen

• Russian: манчестер (mančéster) m

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Swedish

Etymology

From the city Manchester.

Noun

manchester c

1. corduroy (textile)

Declension

Declension of manchester

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	manchester	manchestern
genitive	manchesters	manchesterns

Related terms

• manchesterbyxa
• manchesterkavaj