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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Camelote

(2 syl.). Fustian, rubbish, trash. The cloth so called ought to be made of goats' hair, but is a mixture of wool and silk, wool and hair, or wool, silk, and hair, etc. (French, camelot; Arabic, camlat.) (See page 206, Camlet .)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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