The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HESSIAN
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More clues leading to the result HESSIAN
- Governor’s girl displaying coarse fabric
- Fabric in ashes after explosion
- A shine's possibly required for a boot
- Sackcloth and ashes in Barking
- Coarse material from a Nazi leader?
- Sackcloth in ashes? That‘s wrong
- “Man’s woman” stuff
- The man’s transgression finding answer in sackcloth?
- Having reformed, in ashes and sackcloth
- Regional German Ambassador heads evil forces in a manoeuvre
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What does HESSIAN mean?
HESSIAN noun- A strong, coarse fabric made from hemp or jute, often used for making sacks.