calico
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- noun
- /ˈkælɪkoʊ/
:
calicó
- She's wearing the calico tent dress.
Examples
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The tailor recommended a soft calico for summer dresses that would be comfortable.
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The same shade of blue as the calico dress Temple used to wear.
Fiction book (1994) -
In those years, not only little girls but even grown women made their dresses of blue or red calico.
Fiction book (1996) -
A broad man and a narrow woman, he in overalls and an undershirt, she in a calico dress.
Fiction book (1998) -
As Temple slowly fastened the blue calico gown, his favorite dress, she listened to the sounds of him dressing behind her.
Fiction book (1994) -
The girls wear faded, matching pink and white calico dresses that drag in the dirt, and all except the youngest wear headscarves.
Academic text (2006) -
The rooms are all lighted by massive and ornate chandeliers and pleasantly papered with the finest printed calico.
Fiction book (1992) -
To prevent fading, colored garments like calicos were not soaked or washed with lye or soda.
Blog text (16) -
His body lay unmoving atop a patchwork quilt, a thick fold of calico clutched between his frozen fingers.
Fiction book (1991) -
She made a beautiful quilt using various patterns of calico fabric.
Compounds
- US
A small North American plant with clusters of tiny white flowers often tinged pink or purple
- US
An evergreen shrub also called mountain laurel, with glossy leaves and white or pink flowers that grows in North America
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word calico comes from the name of the Indian port Calicut, and it originally meant 'from Calicut'. Today calico is a plain cotton cloth often printed with bright, small patterns, the kind used for quilts and dresses.