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countable and uncountable, plural paisleys
A motif of a swirling droplet. examples
A soft woollen fabric having this motif. examples
not comparable
Made from this fabric, or marked with this design. quotations examples
I shall be wearing a Paisley shawl with a red centre, and thus may easily be found.
1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge
He would be in his paisley silk dressing gown.
2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 173