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vichy

vichy

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A light cotton cloth with small checks in two colors
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪʃi/
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  • To complete her sewing project, she chose a vichy material in contrasting colors, perfect for the summer outfit she was designing.

Examples

  • Is everybody on this island in favor of the vichy government?

  • Well, how could we till we found out you were vichy France?

  • It's vichy calling.

  • I'm thinking 'vichy.'

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  • Swayne, bring me six bottles of scotch, Four bottles of vichy, two glasses, some cracked ice, And a lot of aspirin.

  • Isn't it true that when the vichy government was set up in France... ...you set up a vichy government of your own on Namou... ...and collaborated with the enemy? - I only did what I was obliged to do.

  • Isn't it true that when the vichy government was set up in France... ...you set up a vichy government of your own on Namou... ...and collaborated with the enemy? - I only did what I was obliged to do.

  • She wore a lovely dress made of vichy fabric, which featured a classic checked pattern in blue and white.

  • The tablecloth was crafted from vichy cotton, adding a playful touch to the picnic with its bright red and white checks.

Synonyms

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A cloth pattern of small, even checks made by thin colored lines on a light background

is a lightweight cotton fabric with larger, bolder two color checks

Compounds

French government that ruled from 1940 to 1944 and worked with Nazi Germany

A sparkling mineral water from Vichy, France

Surface Forms

vichy singular
vichies plural

Etymology

Vichy comes from the French town Vichy, where this cotton cloth with a simple square design was once made or sold. The name points to the small 'checks' you see on picnic tablecloths and summer dresses, so vichy now means that lightweight checked fabric.