Meaning of Chintz | Babel Free

Definitions

A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The morning air waved to and fro the chintz curtains of a large and, for a London one, a very cheerful-looking room, whose windows opened to the Thames.”

“He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, […] a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam. He found some glasses which didn't look very clean and polished them on a chintz window curtain.”

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