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noun (Plural: calicos or calicoes)
- A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.
adjective
- Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.
- The cat had distinctive red and dark markings.
- The patterned tableclothes were supposed to make the restaurant look rustic, instead they made it look run down.
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| cardigan |
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noun - A type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool. Cardigans are available for both sexes but recent fashions have resulted in them being more typically worn by women.
proper noun Cardigan
- A town in Wales.
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| chestnut |
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noun (plural chestnuts)
- A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
- The nut of this tree or shrub.
- A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
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- A reddish-brown horse.
- The wood of a chestnut tree.
- (Often "old chestnut") a worn-out meme; a work so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.
- A part of a horse found on the inner leg, similar to a birthmark on a human.
adjective (no (compar) or (superl))
- (colour) of a deep reddish brown colour, like that of a chestnut.
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| Chihuahua |
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noun
- A desert state in northwestern Mexico.
- The capital city of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
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| chow |
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noun - Slang. Food, especially snacks.
- A Chinese breed of dog, frequently known as chow chow. See the w:Chow Chow, Wikipedia entry.
- A twelfth-century Chinese dynasty, alternatively Romanization, romanized as Zhou or Chou.
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| Clydesdale |
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noun
- A particularly large and powerful breed of rare draft horse.
- A heavier than usual athlete (Over 200 lbs for men, over 145 lbs for women)
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| cockapoo |
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noun
- A cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.
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| cocker |
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noun - (dated) someone who breed gamecocks, or arranges cockfights
- a cocker spaniel
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| cocker spaniel |
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noun
- Either of two breeds of dog, the American cocker spaniel and the English cocker spaniel.
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| cocktail |
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noun
- An alcoholic beverage containing multiple types of liquor
- They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve.
- 1806, 13 May 1806 edition of Balance and Columbian Repository, published by Hudson, New York, (first appearance in print):
- : Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters " it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.
- A mixture of other substances.
- "Scientists found a of pollutants in the river downstream of the chemical factory."
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| collie |
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noun
- Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland as sheepdogs
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| corgi |
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noun (pl2=corgwn)<ref name="OED-alt&inflex"/>
- A breed of small dog having short legs and fox-like features.
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