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† niccanee Obs.
Also nica-.
[Origin obscure.]
Some kind of piece-goods formerly imported from India.
1712Lond. Gaz. No. 5051/3 Nillaes, Niccanees, Photaes. 1725Ibid. No. 6388/2 The following Goods, viz... Bejutapants, Chelloes, Lemanees, Nicanees large, Nicanees small. 1727W. Mather Yng. Man's Comp. 411 Coral, Callicoes, Niccanees, Clouts [etc.]. 1788Clarkson Impol. Slave Tr. 104 In the second class may be reckoned..Callicoes, Cushtaes, Chintz, Chelloes, Nicamees [sic], Negampants. |