pongee noun & adjective.
[pʌn'dʒi:] E18.[Chinese běnjī (Wade-Giles pen-chi) lit. 'own loom', or běnzh&igra; (Wade-Giles pen-chih) lit. 'home-woven'.]A. noun. A soft usu. unbleached type of Chinese silk fabric woven from uneven threads of raw silk; any cotton etc. fabric resembling this.
E18.b. adjective. Made of pongee.
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