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   linen

   /ˈlɪnɪn/

   noun

   • 1. cloth woven from flax: "a linen suit"
   • ▪ articles such as sheets or clothes made, or originally made, of linen: "the linen cupboard"

   Word Origin Old Englishlīnen (as an adjective in the sense ‘made of flax’), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch linnen, German Leinen, also to obsolete line ‘flax’.

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