Pekin

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A striped or figured silk fabric.
  • n. A large white duck of a Chinese breed, widely raised in the United States for food.
  • Word Usage
    "Mademoiselle Baptistine had also in her own room a very large easy-chair of wood, which had formerly been gilded, and which was covered with flowered pekin; but they had been obliged to hoist this bergere up to the first story through the window, as the staircase was too narrow; it could not, therefore, be reckoned among the possibilities in the way of furniture."
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    Words with the same terminal sound
    Mohican    beacon    deacon    weaken