calimanco
Americannoun
plural
calimancosExample Sentences
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What should ail them, but a jacket and petticoat of good yard-wide stuff, or calimanco, might keep them decent and warm.
From Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business by Defoe, Daniel
He had on a tall pointed cap, a wide mantle of grey calimanco, and on his chin a long white beard, so that he had quite the appearance of a magician.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
The quilter fitted a red calimanco patch in place, and studied the effect with intense interest.
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
Bathing gowns are made of blue or white flannel, stuff, calimanco, or blue linen.
From Women's Bathing and Swimming Costume in the United States by Kidwell, Claudia B.
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