"tiffany" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tiffanies [plural]
Etymology: From an Anglo-Norman common name for the festival of the Epiphany. See Tiffany. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tiffany (countable and uncountable, plural tiffanies)
  1. A kind of gauze, or very thin silk. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fabrics

Inflected forms

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