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Grandma eager to find a hard-wearing fabric (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nankeen

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'a hard-wearing fabric' is the definition.
'nankeen' can be an answer for 'fabric' (nankeen is a kind of fabric). I am not sure about the 'a hard-wearing' bit.

'grandma eager' is the wordplay.
'grandma' becomes 'nan' (I've seen this before).
'eager' becomes 'keen' (I've seen this before).
'nan'+'keen'='NANKEEN'

'to find' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for nankeen that I've seen before include "Yellowish stuff" , "hard-wearing stuff" , "Chinese cotton cloth" , "Durable yellow cotton fabric, originally from China" , "trouser material" .)

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