tie-and-dye
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tie-and-dye
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Mr. Singh notes that his students and local artisans can swap notes; a three-day workshop on tie-and-dye and block printing was taught by craftsmen in April.
From New York Times
Wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling, the booths there are jammed with indigo, mud cloth, tie-and-dye, batik, wax-resist prints, cowrie-shell waistbands, and ropes of beads thick as hawsers or as finely wrought as a micro-braid.
From New York Times
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