calico

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calico /ˈkæ lə ˌkoʊ/ ?

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Pure casein is a white crumbling acid substance, used as a substitute for albumin in calico printing and for glue in cements.
Until Nellie Donnelly came along, most cheap cotton dresses were dowdy calico prints, which housewives wrapped around themselves like sacks.
One of them was tied with red thread from the calico.

"I see a more determined Calico this year," McNair said. "I think he took a lot of heat last year for not being consistent. ...... From the two mini-camps I've seen him, he is out there working a lot harder, he is concentrating a lot harder...
on Jul 1, 2004 By: Steve McNair Source: SI.com
AIM warrior Dennis Banks said of that meeting: "The decision to take Wounded Knee came when Ellen Moves Camp pointed at us and said, 'What are you men going to do about it?' If the women hadn't done that we'd still be meeting at Calico."
on Jun 8, 2008 By: Dennis Banks Source: Workers World
Ayers would soon freelance for Marvel Comics, where he worked on comic Westerns "The Calico Kid," "Outlaw Kid" and "Ghost Rider," the latter Ayers says he co-created.
on Aug 15, 2007 By: Dick Ayers Source: White Plains Journal News