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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wigan  \Wig"an\,  n. 
  A  kind  of  canvaslike  cotton  fabric,  used  to  stiffen  and 
  protect  the  lower  part  of  trousers  and  of  the  skirts  of 
  women's  dresses,  etc.;  --  so  called  from  Wigan,  the  name  of  a 
  town  in  Lancashire,  England. 

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