colberteen
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[edit]Noun
[edit]colberteen
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of colbertine
- 1708, [Jonathan Swift], “The Metamorphosis of Baucis and Philemon, Burlesqu’d; from the 8th Book of Ovid”, in Baucis and Philemon; a Poem. […], London: […] H. Hills, […], published 1709, →OCLC, page 7:
- Inſtead of Home-ſpun quoifs were ſeen / Good Pinners, edg'd with Colberteen: [...]