Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
prasslig bomull
English translation:
Coarse or rustling cotton
Added to glossary by
Paul Lambert
Oct 11, 2011 06:52
12 yrs ago
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Swedish term
Sweden
Always on time
Native in: English 
Works in: Swedish to English, Norwegian to English, Danish to English
prasslig bomull
Swedish to English
Tech/Engineering
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Rustic clothing
Sentence given:
"I pigans garderob hittar du slitstarkt grovstickat, prasslig bomull, vävda rutiga tyger och mjuk lin och voil."
"I pigans garderob hittar du slitstarkt grovstickat, prasslig bomull, vävda rutiga tyger och mjuk lin och voil."
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Coarse or rustling cotton |
acbonde
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| 4 | rustling flannelette |
George Hopkins
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Proposed translations
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Coarse or rustling cotton
I would be more inclined towards coarse or rustling cotton. In Swedish prasslande/prasslig bomull is often used for example cotton sheets that are not soft but more stiff. As you are referring to maid I suppose this is 18th or 19th C and thus the cotton clothing they wore would have been more "rough". (prasslig bomull today can also be parkas that have had other fibres or plastics added to give them that effect but do not think it was very common in the past :-) )
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