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Wigan
Webster's Dictionary
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wigan'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wigan.html. 1828.