Chintz
[tʃɪn(t)s] or [tʃɪnts]
Definition
(n.) Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed.
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Definition
n. a highly glazed printed calico with a pattern generally in several colours on a white or light-coloured ground.
Typist: Shelley
Examples
- I'll have new chintz for her bedroom, and make it look new and bright, and cheer her up a little. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She pushed me in before her, locked the door, and drew the chintz curtains that hung over the inside. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The other candle I gave to Mr. Bruff; the light, in this instance, being subdued by the screen of the chintz curtains. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The cook was there with blackened face, seated on the beautiful chintz sofa by the side of Mrs. Raggles, to whom she was administering Maraschino. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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