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calico

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

calico plain weave cotton fabric in one or more colors. Calico, named for Calicut, India, where the fabric originated, was mentioned by historians before the Christian era and praised by early travelers for its fine texture and beautiful colors. Block-printed cottons from Calicut imported into England c.1630 were called calicuts. The name calico was soon applied to all Indian cottons having an equal number of warp and weft threads, then to all plain weave cottons.

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Calico

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Calico ♀ Apparently from the name of the cotton fabric, originally so called because it was imported from the Indian port of Calicut (now Kozhikode) in Kerala. It may have come to be adopted as a first name by association with Dimity.

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calico

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cal·i·co / ˈkaliˌkō/ • n. (pl. -coes or-cos) printed cotton fabric: [as adj.] a calico dress. • adj. (of an animal, typically a cat) multicolored or mottled.

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calico

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

calico XVI. Earliest exx. have Callicut, kalyko, Calocowe cloth; f. name of a city and port on the coast of Malabar, India; relevant forms are Arab. Kālīkūt, etc.

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calico

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

calico •tacho, taco, tobacco, wacko •blanco, Franco •churrasco, fiasco, Tabasco •Arco, Gran Chaco, mako •art deco, dekko, echo, Eco, El Greco, gecko, secco •flamenco, Lysenko, Yevtushenko •alfresco, fresco, Ionesco •Draco, shako •Biko, Gromyko, pekoe, picot, Puerto Rico, Tampico •sicko, thicko, tricot, Vico •ginkgo, pinko, stinko •cisco, disco, Disko, Morisco, pisco, San Francisco •zydeco • magnifico • calico • Jellicoe •haricot • Jericho • Mexico • simpatico •politico • portico •psycho, Tycho •Morocco, Rocco, sirocco, socko •bronco •Moscow, roscoe •Rothko •coco, cocoa, loco, moko, Orinoco, poco, rococo •osso buco • Acapulco •Cuzco, Lambrusco •bucko, stucco •bunco, junco, unco •guanaco • Monaco • turaco • Turco

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