calico
calico
Definition
cali·co (kal′i kō′)
noun pl. calicoes -·coes′ or calicos -·cos′
- Archaic a kind of cotton cloth from India
- a printed cotton fabric
- Brit. a heavy, white cotton cloth
- a cat with a mottled coat of black, brown, yellow or orange, etc. also calico cat
Etymology: after Calicut, where it was first obtained
adjective
- of calico
- spotted like some calico cloth
calico
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- white: His costume otherwise was simple enough, consisting merely of a small kilt of white calico.
- unbleached: Gym Bags Made from strong unbleached calico these gym bags make lovely and practical parting gifts for children who are going to school.
- strong: After some hours place the ball of amalgam in a piece of strong new calico and squeeze out any surplus mercury.
- old: And don't go about women in that old calico.
Modifies a noun
- printing: His father, Andrew, then 32, was a chemist with a calico printing company.
- printer: By the early 1820s the works seem to have become a calico printers, the mill being renamed Hodge Print Works in 1826.
- bag: Photo of a calico bag It is always better to first reduce the number of plastic bags you use.
- print: In 1828 he joined with two other young men to start a company selling calico prints in London.
- cloth: This may be a simple calico cloth banner with lettering large enough to be seen from the top of a passing bus.
Noun used with modifier
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