calamanco
Americannoun
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a glossy woolen fabric checkered or brocaded in the warp so that the pattern shows on one side only, much used in the 18th century.
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a garment made from this fabric.
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Etymology
Origin of calamanco
First recorded in 1585–95; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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The habit of a Dapper, when he is at home, is a light broad-cloth, with calamanco or red waistcoat and breeches; and it is remarkable that their wigs seldom hide the collar of their coats.
From Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer by Steele, Richard, Sir
The lane was quite populous with waggons and hay-makers—the men in their corduroys and blue hose—the women in their trim jackets and bright calamanco petticoats.
From John Halifax, Gentleman by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock
There the young ladies were taught dancing and music, for which, as well as for their frocks and "pink calamanco shoes," their fathers paid enormous sums in depreciated Continental currency.
From The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 by Roosevelt, Theodore
His morning-gowns, of calamanco or damask, were always very clean.
From Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life by Oxenford, John
She was four years old, and he ordered for her, pack-thread stays, stiff coats of silk, masks, caps, bonnets, bibs, ruffles, necklaces, fans, silk and calamanco shoes, and leather pumps.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse
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