calicos

[US]/'kælɪkəʊ/
[UK]/'kælɪko/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. tissu de coton imprimé, tissu de coton blanc

Phrases & Collocations

calico cat

chat calico

calico pattern

motif calico

calico printing

impression calico

Example Sentences

Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

Son récent passage d'une jeune fille maigre aux jupes courtes et aux tresses raides à la dignité d'une longue robe de coton et d'un turban blanc amidé était un événement enivrant.

Real-world Examples

Look at the threads in the calico.

Regardez les fils dans le calicot.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Turkey red is perfectly plain in calicoes, she answered.

Le rouge turc est parfaitement simple dans les calicots, répondit-elle.

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Stripes are worn more than anything else in calicoes, said she.

Les rayures sont plus portées qu'autre chose dans les calicots, dit-elle.

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Now get a small bit of calico or muslin, and begin to fray out the edge.

Maintenant, prenez un petit morceau de calicot ou de mousseline, et commencez à effilocher le bord.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

Their faces beneath their sun-bonnets were sallow and malarial-looking but shining clean and their freshly ironed calicoes glistened with starch.

Leurs visages sous leurs bonnets de soleil étaient jaunâtres et avaient l'air de malaria, mais étaient propres et brillants, et leurs calicots fraîchement repassés brillaient de fécule.

Source: Gone with the Wind

I went down in the elevator, and out on the street. I was completely sick of red calico.

Je suis descendu dans l'ascenseur et sorti dans la rue. J'étais complètement malade du calicot rouge.

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Dunn, show this man red calicoes. Mr. Dunn took my sample and looked at it.

Dunn, montrez à cet homme des calicots rouges. M. Dunn a pris mon échantillon et l'a examiné.

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

Her faded calico dress was open to the waist and her large bronze breast exposed.

Sa robe en calicot délavé était ouverte jusqu'à la taille et sa grande poitrine bronze exposée.

Source: Gone with the Wind

She handed a new and absolutely plain garment, of coarse and unbleached calico.

Elle tendit un vêtement neuf et absolument simple, en calicot grossier et non blanchi.

Source: Jude the Obscure (Part Two)

Have you any red calico like this? I asked the saleswoman.

Avez-vous du calicot rouge comme celui-ci ? demandai-je à la vendeuse.

Source: VOA Special October 2019 Collection

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