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Meanings of white calico in English

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Usage of white calico in English
1
Blue calico, white dots for winter, white calico, blue dots for summer.
Mary Cary: "Frequently Martha"
2
They wore white calico jackets, and the Font was prettily decorated.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson : Missionary Bishop of the Melan...
3
Above the cases the fine matting met the ceiling of tightly stretched white calico.
Victory: An Island Tale
4
The window was draped with white calico curtains edged with red bands and fringe.
The Brotherhood of Consolation
5
She wore a camisole of white calico with short arms.
Of Human Bondage
6
For them it's prunes and blue-and- white calico to look forward to until they're eighteen.
Mary Cary: "Frequently Martha"
7
Also cotton cloth, known as grey calico, together with white calico, and other cheap manufactures.
Ismailia
8
The scabbards are generally covered with white calico.
Southern Arabia
9
Next were two complete suits, made of white calico; with caps, with long flaps of the same material.
The Young Franc Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prus...
10
Now, the trousers are generally of white calico, with a slit on the sides from the knee down.
The Grand Canyon of Arizona: How to See It
11
Her head was bound tightly round with a piece of white calico, and no hair appeared under it.
A Traveller in Little Things
12
Eight drâa of fine white calico are equal to one metagal; three of which metagals is a large dollar.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years ...
13
Four bearers, wearing white calico sashes and muddy high boots with leaves sticking on them, carried the brown coffin.
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories
14
He was nude to the waist, with a pair of white calico drawers, white silk stockings, and running shoes.
Rodney Stone
15
He wore a red and white calico dress that was just short enough to show his big, clumsy boots.
Phyllis: A Twin
16
Not that it makes any difference to poor me, wearing my fourth best black and white calico and expecting nobody.
New Chronicles of Rebecca
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