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1. (n.) wigan
a stiffly starched cotton fabric used to interline garments.
2. (n.) Wigan
a borough of Greater Manchester, in W England. 310,000.
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1. (noun) wigan
a kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's dresses, etc.; -- so called from Wigan, the name of a town in Lancashire, England
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1. wigan
a town in Lancashire, 18 m. NW. of Manchester, in the centre of a large coal-field; cottons are the staple manufactures; is a place of ancient date, and has some fine buildings.
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