Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Eastern cambric or muslin printed with colored patterns.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a similar character.
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Examples
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She sat down behind the lowered persienne, and every now and then lifted her eyes from the page and peered out between the tiny slits.
The Convert 1907
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She sat down behind the lowered persienne, and every now and then lifted her eyes from the page and peered out between the tiny slits.
The Convert Elizabeth Robins 1907
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