Look up: Wigan

1. wigan
   a plain-weave, grey cotton cloth of low-to-medium quality, traditionally about 4 oz/yd2.A typical example was 24s x 19s; 44 x 58; 3 3/4 oz/yd2 approximately; K = 9 x 13. Category: Various industries and crafts
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2. Wigan
   Wig'an noun 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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3. Wigan
   • (n.) 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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4. Wigan
   (from the article `Wigan`) town and metropolitan borough in the northwestern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, historic county of Lancashire, England. It ...
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5. Wigan
   town and metropolitan borough in the northwestern part of the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, historic county of Lancashire, England. It ...
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6. Wigan
   Wigan (wig'un) , city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. Wigan has a wide variety of industries, including electrical engineering, food processing, mail order, and the manufacture of paper, glass, fiber produ...
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7. Wigan
   (UK Parliament constituency) `Wigan` is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was one of the constituencies of the Model Parliament of 1295. B...
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8. Wigan
   `Wigan` () is a town in at=Place Names T to W-->--> It stands on the River Douglas, south-west of 0--> north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester. Wigan is the largest settlement in the publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=18 November 2008-->--> whilst the wider borough has...
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