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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By 1721 Parliament accepted the argument of Defoe, Rey, and the weavers, and banned calico .
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One of the calico ones, Hodges.
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She was wearing a checked calico dress of the sort worn by Annie before she got her gun.
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Team it up with calico for a truly natural look that complements almost any colour scheme.
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The latter were neatly dressed, the girls in calico aprons, the boys in knickerbocker suits with their hair combed flat.
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The more expensive type of interior-sprung mattress has pocketed springs, where each spring is enclosed in a calico pocket.
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There was a mattress to be carried away, calico cloth and filled with straw.
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This is when the pattern-cutting started and Amy produced the first calico toile.