Entry: brocade (n.)
In context: "...so unspeakably obese she had to make her own mumus out of brocade drapes and cotton tablecloths..."
Definition: A textile fabric woven with a pattern of raised figures, originally in gold or silver; in later use, any kind of stuff richly wrought or ‘flowered’ with a raised pattern; also a cloth of gold and silver of Indian manufacture.
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SNOOT score: 1
Page: 575
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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