Definition of Chintzes

1. Noun. (plural of chintz) ¹

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Definition of Chintzes

1. chintz [n] - See also: chintz

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chintzes

chinquapins
chinrest
chinrests
chins
chinse
chinsed
chinses
chinsing
chinstrap
chinstrap penguin
chinstrap penguins
chinstraps
chints
chintses
chintz
chintzes
chintzier
chintziest
chintzily
chintzy
chinwag
chinwagged
chinwagging
chinwags
chiolite
chionablepsia
chionodoxa
chionodoxas
chionophile
chionophiles

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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