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Nankeen vs Calico - What's the difference?

nankeen | calico |

As nouns the difference between nankeen and calico

is that nankeen is a type of cotton cloth originally from nanking in china while calico is calico.

nankeen

English

(wikipedia nankeen)

Noun

(nankeens)
  • A type of cotton cloth originally from Nanking in China.
  • * He put on over his shirt his wife's wadded nankeen jacket, and over that he put his own cloth coat. — Leo Tolstoy, What Men Live By and Other Tales , translated by L. and A. Maude
  • * She was a poor widow, and her little boy, clad in a sorry-looking little nankeen jacket, looked thoroughly crushed and intimidated. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Christmas Tree and the Wedding

    • Derived terms

    * nankeen heron * nankeen kestrel * nankeen night heron

    calico

    English

    (wikipedia calico)

    Adjective

  • Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.
    • The calico cat had distinctive red and dark markings.
    The calico -patterned tablecloths were supposed to make the restaurant look rustic; instead, they made it look run down.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.
  • A cat with fur of the colors black, white and orange.

    • External links

    * * (Calico cat)

    Anagrams

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