pop‧lin /ˈpɒplən, ˈpɒplɪn $ ˈpɑːp-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: Early French papeline, perhaps from Italian papalina 'of the Pope'; because it was made in the French town of Avignon, where the Popes once lived]
a strong shiny cotton cloth
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