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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dupion /ˈdjuːpɪən/

▶noun a rough slubbed silk fabric woven from the threads of double cocoons.

– origin C19 (in the sense ‘double cocoon’): from Fr. doupion, from Ital. doppione, from doppio ‘double’.

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