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- noun Plural form of
calico .
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Examples
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They were portrayed on the silk linings of haori (2), on women's kerchiefs of chirimen (3), in the embroidery of girdles, in the designs of silk shirts and of children's holiday robes, -- not to speak of cheaper printed goods, such as calicoes and toweling.
Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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When his pack was unrolled, calicoes, glittering knives, razors, scissors, clocks, cotton caps, shoes and notions made a holiday at a fair.
Megan Doherty: My Walking Tour With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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When his pack was unrolled, calicoes, glittering knives, razors, scissors, clocks, cotton caps, shoes and notions made a holiday at a fair.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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When his pack was unrolled, calicoes, glittering knives, razors, scissors, clocks, cotton caps, shoes and notions made a holiday at a fair.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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When his pack was unrolled, calicoes, glittering knives, razors, scissors, clocks, cotton caps, shoes and notions made a holiday at a fair.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Otoo took a flying leap ashore, dug both hands into the trade goods, and scattered tobacco, beads, tomahawks, knives, and calicoes in all directions.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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I was in my teens in the 90's and had all my dresses made by a seamstress, most in the type of patterns you have shown and in beautiful calicoes.
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When his pack was unrolled, calicoes, glittering knives, razors, scissors, clocks, cotton caps, shoes and notions made a holiday at a fair.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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Otoo took a flying leap ashore, dug both hands into the trade goods, and scattered tobacco, beads, tomahawks, knives, and calicoes in all directions.
THE HEATHEN 2010
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When his pack was unrolled, calicoes, glittering knives, razors, scissors, clocks, cotton caps, shoes and notions made a holiday at a fair.
Megan Doherty: My Walk With Glenn Beck, 21st Century Con Man Megan Doherty 2010
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