calico in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

calico in the PONS Dictionary

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It has vertical timber slab, wattle and daub construction with its calico ceilings under a shingle roof.
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Traditionally the sails were made of calico, cotton, and subsequently silk.
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Textile production became the established industry in the area in the 18th century with calico printing beginning in the 1720s.
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The store pay was calico and similar dry goods.
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If that is the case, those several genes will be expressed in a blotchy coat of the tortoiseshell or calico kind.
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In modern timesblue calico is used to make the daily clothes, mosquito nets, pillowcases, baggage cloth, etc.
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These colorful, small-patterned printed fabrics gave rise to the use of the word calico to describe a cat coat color: calico cat.
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A common variety consisted of a web of calico coated with boiled linseed oil mixed with dryers and lampblack or other pigment.
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The outside of the hull is covered by tarred canvas or calico, a substitute for animal hide.
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She is a calico cat who wears a pink cowgirl hat and cowgirl boots as well as a vest, checkard sweatshirt, and sheriff badge.
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