Definitions
having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
Word origin
From Calicut, from where the cloth was originally exported, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ, “Kozhikode”), from കോഴി (kōḻi, “palace”) + കോട് (kōṭŭ, “fortified palace”).
Used in a sentence
“This helix was covered with calico, and then a second wire applied in the same manner.”
“Trussed in corsets, jawbone-high collars and calicos that had seen better days, they have little enough to work with, their attempts at coquetry further constrained by their rigid mores of the day.”
“One of them, a calico whose half-grown kittens he just fed, slow-blinks at him, an affectionate gesture.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Mottled cotton”6 letters
02“Patchy cotton fabric”6 letters
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