Definitions for calicos

calicos cal·i·co

Spelling: [kal-i-koh]
IPA: /ˈkæl ɪˌkoʊ/

Calicos is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in calicos (accilos).

Definitions for calicos

noun

  1. a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
  2. British. plain white cotton cloth.
  3. an animal having a spotted or particolored coat.
  4. Obsolete. a figured cotton cloth from India.

adjective

  1. made of calico.
  2. resembling printed calico; spotted or mottled.

Origin of calicos

1495-1505; short for Calico cloth, variant of Calicut cloth, named after city in India which orig. exported it

Examples for calicos

One bit of paper may then be lifted off the calico, and the thread will carry the other bit.

Again he chuckled, half forcing Salomon into the calico dress.

Sometimes a neighborhood cat, a calico, wanders by and peers in.

He led the way to the settee by the calico and dress goods counter.

She untied the bit of calico string with fingers that shook from excitement.

Of more than 40 cat cafes in Tokyo alone, the most popular are calico and Cat Café Nekorobi.

The Calicut of fame which gave rise to the name calico is also in this district.

She wore a calico apron and had not found time to do her hair since morning.

Such is said to have been the origin of roller printing on calico.

She put one trembling hand to the calico apron about her head.

Word Value for calicos
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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