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Valenciennes

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Valenciennes /ˌvalɒ̃ˈsjɛn/

▶noun a type of bobbin lace.

– origin named after a town in NE France, where it was made in the 17th and 18th cents.

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