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calicoes Definition


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calico
noun calicoes
    1. A kind of cotton cloth, usually plain white or in its natural unbleached state.
    (chiefly US)
    2. Coarse cotton cloth, with a pattern printed usually on one side.
Etymology: 16c: named after Calicut, the town in India from where the cloth was first brought.



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