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buckram

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1. buckram - Noun

2. buckram - Adjective

3. buckram - Verb

4. buckram - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

A coarse cloth of linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.

A plant. See Ramson.

Made of buckram; as, a buckram suit.

Stiff; precise.

To strengthen with buckram; to make stiff.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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buckram the skirt Source: Internet

a starchy manner Source: Internet

the letter was stiff and formal Source: Internet

his prose has a buckram quality Source: Internet

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