kersey
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kersey¹
- /ˈkɜːzi/ UK
- /ˈkɝzi/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)zi
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English kersey, perhaps from the village of Kersey in Suffolk, England, UK, in the region where the cloth was made.
noun kerseys
- A type of rough woollen cloth. Hencefoorth my wooing minde ſhalbe expreſt / In ruſſet yeas, and honeſt kerſie noes.
Kersey²
proper noun Kerseys
- A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL999904). The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the sum
- A locality in Rocky View County, Alberta, Canada.
- A town in Weld County, Colorado, United States, derived from a maiden name.
- An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Indiana, United States.
- A census-designated place in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
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noun type of rough woollen cloth
| Español | carisea |
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