paisley
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- noun
- /ˈpeɪzli/
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- She wore a beautiful dress with a paisley pattern that caught everyone's attention.
It's got a mirror on the bottom and it's got this really nice like Paisley type print on the top.
- It's got a mirror on the bottom and it's got this really nice like Paisley type print on the top.
Examples
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The designer chose a vibrant paisley fabric for the new collection of summer dresses.
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His shirt was open at the neck, and his beautiful paisley tie hung unknotted against his skin.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was thinking about paisley for winter and white for summer.
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It's got a mirror on the bottom and it's got this really nice like Paisley type print on the top.
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What's the matter with your paisley tie?
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And the plain white will go better with your clothes than those paisley patterns.
Fiction book (1992) -
And a paisley tie, sweet Windsor knot.
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Well, it's a beautiful example of early-1900s paisley.
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I've been looking for a purple paisley shirt.
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The covering was slick, a red-and-gold paisley pattern on an ivory ground.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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4.1
Cloth with a printed pattern
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Paisley comes from the Scottish town Paisley, where makers copied a curved textile design from India and Persia called boteh ('flower' or 'teardrop'). So a paisley print is the same swirly teardrop pattern you see on scarves and ties.