What does shantung mean?
Shantung means A type of Chinese silk, originally undyed..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A type of Chinese silk, originally undyed..
As she walked, the soft silk of her dress – she wore a blue shantung, full-skirted – blew away from the sea and flapped and clung to her legs.
The yellow beer, the light shantung suit and the gleaming white teeth were all alight with the trembling silver reflections that sprang from the sunlight on the water.
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Shantung means A type of Chinese silk, originally undyed..
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As she walked, the soft silk of her dress – she wore a blue shantung, full-skirted – blew away from the sea and flapped and clung to her legs.
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