"madras" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1887, G. W. Cable, “Au Large”, in Scribner's Monthly, volume 35, page 90",
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          "text": "The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company’s items—cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like—to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can’t make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers",
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        "A brightly colored cotton fabric with a checked or striped pattern."
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          "text": "The service makes available, during limited weekend hours, a handful of the company’s items—cargo shorts, tank tops, and the like—to the Hamptons house guest who discovers that he can’t make it to Monday without purchasing one of those weird madras patchwork blazers",
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