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Definition of Chintzes
1. chintz [n] - See also: chintz
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chintzes
Literary usage of Chintzes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of John Huyghen Van Linschoten to the East Indies: From the Old by Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Arthur Coke Burnell, Pieter Anton Tiele (1885)
"Dutch : " loof werck", ie, " flowers" (cfr. Kilian and Oude- mans). 3 Chintzes
were made till lately at these places. Some fifteen years ago I saw chintzes ..."
2. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1820)
"... drilling—Duke of Bridgewater's canal—Ancient typography—Cotton manufactories—Method
of stamping chintzes —Of cutting velvets—Of singeing the shag—New ..."
3. The Industrial Resources, Etc., of the Southern and Western States by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow (1852)
"At one time the manufacturers of all Europe, owing to the beauty and cheapness
of India muslins, chintzes, and calicoes, apprehended ruin by their ..."
4. Kashgaria, Eastern Or Chinese Turkistan: Eastern Or Chinese Turkistan by Alekseĭ Nikolaevich Kuropatkin, Walter Edward Gowan (1882)
"... articles of import: chintzes, cattle, tea, iron, iron-wares, dyeing materials,
cotton — Exports from ..."
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