chromos
- plural of chromo.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, Vauquelin named this new metal after the Greek word for colour, chromos - because chromium is associated with an extraordinary array of colours.
From BBC • May 22, 2015
The artists were bound to be influenced by the sugary religious chromos imported from Europe and tacked up in thousands of Haitian homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ever since 1851, when Benjamin Talbot Babbitt, the father of packaged soap, got the idea of offering sentimental chromos for 25 Babbitt's Best Soap wrappers, premiums have helped sell thousands of items.
From Time Magazine Archive
It died when machine-printed cards and chromos undercut sales.
From Time Magazine Archive
To one side of it there was a dining-room adorned with chromos advertising gigantic vegetables and fruit, apparently imported from the Promised Land.
From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George
