(1) He stared at my dress - calico , gathered, tied at the back.

(2) Cyril reached down and stroked the calico cat's head with a work-roughened hand, and was rewarded with an even louder purr.

(3) Apart from belts worn under the clothing, our informants also spoke of a special belt for the upper clothing of the dead which, like the rest of the garments, was tom and never cut with scissors, from a piece of white calico .

(4) His only companion is Nicky, a short-haired calico cat.

(5) A block away from the statue, a calico cat casually crosses the street right in front of me, unperturbed by traffic.

(6) The women liked to wear clothing fashioned from calico and other printed cloth, and silk ribbons became popular hair ornaments.

(7) The men's clothes were made from calico by their women-folk and waterproofed with a mixture of eggs and boiled oil, so the clothes were all a yellowish grey colour!

(8) Flannel continued in use until the 1870s, when a rough cotton calico replaced it.

(9) We had a fascinating discussion about the skills of working calico , of cutting and barking, for the sails and of making the blocks which the boats needed.

(10) To outsiders, Nantong is probably best known for its gorgeous blue printed calico .

(11) They all had Christmas presents, too: A rattling toy for Horace, a toy gun for Anders and a pretty dress of calico for Effie.

(12) I watched the horse walk off, my eye staring at the pattern of colours that had always reminded more of a calico cat than anything else.

(13) A small calico cat was digging through a trashcan, eagerly searching for some food.

(14) Ann is 70 years old and lives alone, except for her long-time companion, an aging calico cat named Molly.

(15) Before moving to America he had worked in Chorley as an apprentice calico designer and learned the art of engraving at his father's business, who was a woollen manufacturer.

(16) More often these days you see people with calico or green bags lugging their shopping home.

(17) What do you suggest I start buying besides denim, gingham, and calico ?

(18) What once might have been a real cow's hide, was now calico , stretched and teased over the ribs and stitched into place.

(19) By the beginning of the eighteenth century the British and the Dutch East India companies were delivering over a million pieces of Indian calico to Europe.

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