Calico

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1. Noun

Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc.

2. Noun

Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

3. Adjective

Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color.

4. Noun

coarse cloth with a bright print
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