calico-printer

The calico-printer uses considerable quantities of soap for cleansing the printed-cloths.

The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

Shimpi is the Maratha name, and Chhipi, from Chhipa a calico-printer or dyer, is another name used for the caste, probably because it is largely recruited from the Chhipas.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

He was promoted from one position of trust to another, became a traveler for his house, secured a large connection, and eventually started in business as a calico-printer at Manchester.

How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon

Before next he adventures into conflict again -- better had he so bethought him before his colonial debut in the House last June -- would it not be the part of wisdom to take counsel with his dear friend and neighbour Mr Samuel Brookes, the well-known opulent calico-printer, manufacturer, and exporting merchant of Manchester, who proved, some three or four years ago, as clearly as figures -- made up, like the restaurateur's

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Various

Since the last Archbishop left it in the reign of George II it has served its turn as business premises for a bleacher and a calico-printer; it has been a wash-house, and is now a girls 'school.

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

In Manchester, too, in the person of a calico-printer named Richard Cobden, the agitation found its mainspring and its clear and persuasive voice.

Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Joy, James Richard, 1863- 1902

Many stories are told of the pains which the great calico-printer bestowed on the lad's training for a public career.

Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Joy, James Richard, 1863- 1902

The bleacher, the dyer, the calico-printer, are severally occupied in processes that are well or ill done according as they do or do not conform to chemical laws.

Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Herbert Spencer 1861

The man was a calico-printer at Manchester, and he was persuaded by his wife, on their wedding-day, to allow her two half-pints of ale a day, as her share.

Thrift Samuel Smiles 1858

He started as a commercial traveller; was afterwards a calico-printer and merchant in Manchester.

The American Fugitive in Europe. Sketches of Places and People Abroad. By Wm. Wells Brown. With a Memoir of the Author. 1855