caliconoun uk

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/ˈkæl.ɪ.kəʊ/ us

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calico noun

(CLOTH)

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[ U ] UK a heavy plain cloth made from cotton: Hospitalized servicemen wore an approximation of uniform in blue calico. a calico shopping bag

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[ U ] US cotton cloth with a printed pattern: His shirt, jacket, and trousers were of striped calico. I found a picture of my grandmother in a calico dress.

更多范例减少例句Her great-aunt was dressed in starched calico from neck to foot.A young woman was deported for stealing two pieces of printed calico.a red and white spotted calico hat

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Textiles made from natural fibres

bamboo

bombazine

burlap

cambric

camel

faille

felt

fishnet

flannelette

flax

netting

oilskin

organdie

organza

pandan

tulle

tweed

twill

velvet

voile

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calico noun

(CAT)

[ C ] US (also calico cat); (UK tortoiseshell and white cat, tortie and white) a cat with white, black, brown, and orange fur: We've had three cats in our married life, and we have a calico now. A small calico cat was sitting on the windowsill above the kitchen sink. 比较

tabby

tortoiseshell

更多范例减少例句The cat was a calico named CC.I have one cat that is a calico, and I have one that has long black and white hair.Generally, cloned animals look identical, but calicos are a strange exception.

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Felines (cats)

Abyssinian

American bobtail

American curl

American shorthair

American wirehair

Devon Rex

farm cat

felid

feline

have nine lives idiom

ocelot

Oriental longhair

Oriental shorthair

panther

Persian

snow leopard

snowshoe

Sphynx

tiger

tigress

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Descriptions of animal (non-human) markings

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I want to buy a yard of calico, said Bill. Nancy had admired that pink calico. She robbed the windows of their lawn and muslin curtains, replacing them with gaudy calico from the trade-store, and made herself several gowns. There was two old dirty calico dresses, and a sun-bonnet, and some women's underclothes hanging against the wall, and some men's clothing, too. When, at a given point, all the maid-servants rise, whirl round in their calico gowns and turn their demure backs to me as they kneel in a row, I know not whether to laugh or cry.

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