calico

IPA: kˈæɫʌkoʊ

(textiles) A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
(uncountable) The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.
(countable, zoology) Ellipsis of calico cat. [(US) A tortoiseshell and white domestic cat.]

Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.

Examples of "calico" in Sentences

In America, it is sometimes called the calico cat.
The calico is the smallest and in many ways the stupidest.
And in the meantime, our calico is still sitting on her shelf, waiting for a paycheck.
She robbed the windows of their lawn and muslin curtains, replacing them with gaudy calico from the trade-store, and made herself several gowns.
But there I find two figures in calico wrappers, with bare red arms akimbo, a basket of wet clothes in front of each, and only one empty clothes-line between them.
I've always thought the multi-colored kitties like that one are called calico or sometimes, like when they have more white on them like your pretty, namesless kitty of the day, called tortiseshell.
Most of the latter were encased in calico bags, which could be hung in the shade, secure from either ants or flies, the remainder, packed in tins, being stowed away easily in the corner of one of the tents.
Some were dressed in calico suits, trimmed with little ruffles – ruffles round the bottom of the pants, ruffles down the front and round the tails of the coats; and on both sides of the button-holes of their vests were rows of small ruffles.
To the lady asking about leggings, I wear leggings under all my dresses; long and warm for winter, and 'Petti Pants' (like wide bermuda shorts but in calico with an elastic waist) for summer. over these a slip (or petiblouse if wearing a skirt) and I'm set for the day.