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1893 text

Shag was a stuff similar to plush. In 1703 a youth who was missing is described in an advertisement as wearing “red shag breeches, striped with black stripes.” (Planche’s “Cyclopxdia of Costume “).

This text was written as a footnote in the 1893 Wheatley transcription of the diary, the same one that is used for the diary entries on this site.

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  • - Dave on Thu 12 Apr 2007, 09:35pm. Flag this

    Shag:

    noun.
    A fabric made by weaving, felting, knitting or crocheting fibers.

    A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth.

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