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- noun Plural form of
gingham .
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Examples
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Nevertheless, I learnt that the French were extremely partial to British manufactures: and cotton stockings, coloured muslins, and what are called ginghams, are coveted by them with the same fondness as we prize their cambric and their lace.
A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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The combination of warpway and weftway stripes to produce chequered patterns, such as ginghams, is a little more difficult.
Chapter 6 1983
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Play hide and seek with flirtatious checks, ginghams and floral-print underpinnings.
Fast Five: Boxers 2010
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McLaughlin's vibrant ginghams and batik prints, for example, are playful in different ways, while diminutive dots and teeny-tiny florals at Ralph Lauren offer a subtler nod to the season.
The Ties That Shine Darrell Hartman 2011
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They paired once-unmixable patterns, piling ginghams on polka dots on top of stripes and checks.
The New Influencers Christina Binkley 2012
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WHAT: Riviera Club, the relaxed Santa Barbara, Calif. -based menswear line known for supple, double-faced Japanese cotton shirting in bright ginghams and retro stripes.
Beach Boys 2010
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A little house, decorated with old-fashioned furniture, down home ginghams, and country quaintness.
Personal Demons Stacia Kane 2008
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Different handkerchiefs and ginghams, crepe, on different looms.
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But we sold ginghams for the ladies in the village and the farms to make dresses out of.
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We sold piece goods: sold a lot of ginghams and those types for ladies to make their everyday dresses and bonnets and aprons out of.
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