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- noun Plural form of
calico .
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Examples
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I see a lot of women buying calicos and cottons for quilting projects but they do not make clothes with them.
Home Living 2009
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He, and Jahanara strained to remember his name, Sir Thomas Roe perhaps, had come as an official ambassador from the court of a King James, striving for a trade treaty for the peppercorns, the indigo, the fragrant sandalwoods, and the calicos of Hindustan.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Out of the gloom, cats come, tabbies and calicos, marmalade cats and butterscotch cats and cats so black I can barely tell them from their shadows.
White Cat Holly Black 2010
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He, and Jahanara strained to remember his name, Sir Thomas Roe perhaps, had come as an official ambassador from the court of a King James, striving for a trade treaty for the peppercorns, the indigo, the fragrant sandalwoods, and the calicos of Hindustan.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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He, and Jahanara strained to remember his name, Sir Thomas Roe perhaps, had come as an official ambassador from the court of a King James, striving for a trade treaty for the peppercorns, the indigo, the fragrant sandalwoods, and the calicos of Hindustan.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Out of the gloom, cats come, tabbies and calicos, marmalade cats and butterscotch cats and cats so black I can barely tell them from their shadows.
White Cat Holly Black 2010
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First of all, the cat is a she all calicos are female.
Video: Highly Trained Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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I just feel better about myself when I dress up, and my husband has no toleration for denim jumpers and country calicos.
Clothing Organization part 2: Back to the Drawing Board regina doman 2007
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I just feel better about myself when I dress up, and my husband has no toleration for denim jumpers and country calicos.
Archive 2007-10-01 regina doman 2007
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All calicos b female; butt! nawt all females b calico.
TONIGHT - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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