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tarlatan
 
SYLLABICATION:tar·la·tan
PRONUNCIATION:  tärl-tn, -l-tn
VARIANT FORMS: also tar·le·tan
NOUN: A thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave.
ETYMOLOGY:French tarlatane, alteration of earlier tarnatane.
 
 
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