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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1894
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CASSINER, n. used attrib. A variant of Eng. cassimere, fine twilled woollen cloth used for men's clothes, earlier form of Eng. cashmere (see N.E.D.).Fif. 1894 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin, Swatches o' Hodden-Grey xxi.:
I sewed up my siller inside the band o' my cream-coloured cassiner breeks.
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