From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpoplinpop‧lin /ˈpɒplɪn $ ˈpɑːp-/ noun [uncountable] TIMa strong shiny cotton cloth
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poplin• When I touched the black poplin fabric, it was damp.• A man in a blue poplin raincoat was standing outside the Delicatessen waving a bundle of show-biz newspapers.• He wore a blue poplin suit, a white shirt and a red and blue striped tie.• Alexander Fabrics kindly supplied us with a combination of cotton gingham, poplin, crepe de Chine, taffeta and silk dupion.Origin poplin (1700-1800) Early French papeline, perhaps from Italian papalina “of the Pope”; because it was made in the French town of Avignon, where the Popes once lived 