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Meanings of calico in inglês
Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.
Synonyms
Examples for "material"
Examples for "material"
1
There can be no material security or economic democracy without political democracy.
2
Photo: RNZ However he said his source might make the material public.
3
As recently as late April, No Doubt were still writing new material.
4
In addition, material costs -including steel prices -continue to rise.
5
However, he doesn't believe the site is generating enough fresh material yet.
1
It's not a question of building an entirely new society whole cloth.
2
She dipped the cloth in the water, and returned to the grave.
3
People feel safe to come here and shop, said cloth-seller Shaker Shnishal.
4
But the under table-cloth was kept in a drawer in the closet.
5
And then the incident of the grey cloth seen by young McCarthy.
1
A JUDGE said yesterday the fabric of Irish society was being destroyed.
2
They're made from good fabric and last a long time, IOL reported.
3
Food is a critical part of the social fabric of our society.
4
Fear and distrust are part of the fabric of Northern Ireland politics.
5
Let's remove this danger to the very fabric of the United Kingdom.
Usage of calico in inglês
1
The common soldiers sent out from Portugal received some pay in calico.
2
She looked up and saw a girl in a dirty calico dress.
3
The tulips are made of red calico covered with small yellow flowers.
4
It was manned by five islanders, dressed in shirt tunics of calico.
5
At present they wash only when in want of a little calico.
6
She was very plainly dressed in a one-piece gown of dark calico.
7
Several squaws in dirty calico dresses, squatted near by awaiting their turn.
8
The calico with roses on a green ground was in Sally's patchwork.
9
The calico cat came into the room and jumped into her lap.
10
His head dropped, and big tears splashed on the soiled calico shirt.
11
Drew fumbled with the pile, a flannel, the linen, and two calico.
12
There lay an old clay pipe and a roll of faded calico.
13
Their scanty green foliage will always remind me of a calico gown.
14
Long brown calico dress almost touching the floor, and big, lumbering shoes.
15
Mrs. B. made our copper-colored Cupidon a pretty suit of crimson calico.
16
A depot of calico and flannel was always ready, besides outer garments.
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Calico through the time
Calico across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common