spartery

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Noun

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spartery (countable and uncountable, plural sparteries)

  1. Braided plant fibers used in making hats.
    • 1950, Tanzan Ishibashi, The Oriental Economist, volume 17, page 729:
      Hat Bodies: — Trade has been getting brisk of late for hat bodies and sparteries.
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