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messaline
mes·sa·line [ mèssə ln ]


noun 
Definition:
 
silk fabric: a soft shiny lightweight silk fabric. Use: clothing.
[Early 20th century. < French, after Valeria Messalina, wife of the Roman emperor Claudius]
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