India chintz

noun

1. a sturdy, heavyweight fabric constructed in a figured weave, used especially in upholstery.

Example Sentences

And this was, perhaps, my secret desire: Though my mother would be dead for Pro Bono Gitney, for Private William Williams she was still in the garden; when we returned, she would be perched there in straw hat and bright India chintz, exchanging daisies for phlox; and she would stand and hold out her arms to us—“Octavian! William!”; and we should run to her and tell her our triumphs, our travails; and sit throughout the long afternoon.

From Literature

She was dressed like a schoolgirl in a little frock of India chintz, her black hair combed backward and plaited in two long, loose braids.

From Project Gutenberg

But his first suggestion that the simple frock of India chintz Maria was wearing was a most becoming morning gown, met with such a decided rebuff he had no courage left for further advice.

From Project Gutenberg

Why, look at this dress—real India chintz; do you know I made old Pennywhistle's clerk up in Brunswick give it to me just for the price of common cotton?

From Project Gutenberg

Monseigneur, I will take you to D'Argenson's seraglio; an abbess of twenty-six, and novices of fifteen; a boudoir in India chintz, and cells hung with tapestry.

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