Meaning of chromo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A color print produced by chromolithography.
   historical
2. A prostitute.
   Australia

Equivalents

Examples

“All Nature is smiling, in fact, with one large, comprehensive smile, exactly like a first-class PRANG chromo with a fresh coat of varnish upon it.”

“It was manifest that we all felt that we ought to send the poor shoemaker SOMETHING. There was long and thoughtful discussion of this point; and we finally decided to send him a chromo.”

“The neglected warehouse turned out to be a treasury of calendar art from the 1930s through the 1970s, years when chromo art calendars were a major advertising medium, a vehicle for national pride, and a fixture in nearly every home, business, and school.”

“That dried-up lady snob lived behind lace curtains all her life. She's of no more importance than a chromo.”

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