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Meanings of calico gown in English

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Usage of calico gown in English
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Their scanty green foliage will always remind me of a calico gown.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
2
I recognized her printed calico gown, which was grey, with small blue flowers.
International Short Stories: French
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Miss Mehitable's clean, crisp, calico gown ceased abruptly at her ankles.
A Spinner in the Sun
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She was dressed in a stiff, dark red calico gown, with a white apron.
Balcony Stories
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These she pinned into the bosom of her calico gown.
The Girl from Montana
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Each was loosely clad in a dirty calico gown.
The Lure of the Labrador Wild
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Can a diamond brooch shine on a calico gown?
The Crisis — Volume 01
8
She wore a brown calico gown; her abundant black hair was not yet streaked with gray.
The Mermaid: A Love Tale
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Her printed calico gown was lined with blue silk, thus proving how much calico was valued.
Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820)
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He had seen her acting the part of cook, disguised by a pink sunbonnet and an old-fashioned calico gown.
The Girl at Cobhurst
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But the next morning, when Draxy came down in her neat calico gown and white apron, the Elder's face brightened.
Saxe Holm's Stories / First Series
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Her blue calico gown clung about her stout figure and fluttered behind her, revealing her blue woollen stockings and felt slippers.
Stories of a Western Town
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The woman seemed to be not more than twenty-five, and was dressed in a neat calico gown, and had a tidy appearance.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 / Devoted To...
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Sarah Jane had at times got the hem of her little blue calico gown draggled, and met with a reprimand at home.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
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Oh, yes, I put a piece of whalebone in my skirt, and me calico gown looks as big as the great ladies.
The Canadian Elocutionist / Designed for the Use of Colleges, Sc...
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Really, Harriet Jameson would have looked better dressed that day in an old calico gown than the old silk one which she wore.
The Jamesons
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Calico gown across language varieties
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