noun (Plural: calicos or calicoes)

1. A kind of rough cloth, often printed with a bright pattern.

adjective

1. 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.

noun

1. 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

1. A town in Wales.

noun (plural chestnuts)

1. A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
2. The nut of this tree or shrub.
3. A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.

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   1. A reddish-brown horse.
   2. The wood of a chestnut tree.
   3. (Often "old chestnut") a worn-out meme; a work so often repeated as to have grown tiresome.
   4. A part of a horse found on the inner leg, similar to a birthmark on a human.

adjective (no (compar) or (superl))

1. (colour) of a deep reddish brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

noun

1. A desert state in northwestern Mexico.
2. The capital city of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

noun

1. Slang. Food, especially snacks.
   
2. A Chinese breed of dog, frequently known as chow chow. See the w:Chow Chow, Wikipedia entry.
   
3. A twelfth-century Chinese dynasty, alternatively Romanization, romanized as Zhou or Chou.

noun

1. A particularly large and powerful breed of rare draft horse.
2. A heavier than usual athlete (Over 200 lbs for men, over 145 lbs for women)

noun

1. A cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle.

noun

1. (dated) someone who breed gamecocks, or arranges cockfights
   1. a cocker spaniel

noun

1. Either of two breeds of dog, the American cocker spaniel and the English cocker spaniel.

noun

1. An alcoholic beverage containing multiple types of liquor

They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve.

1. • 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.
     1. A mixture of other substances.

     "Scientists found a of pollutants in the river downstream of the chemical factory."

noun

1. Any of various breeds of dog originating in Scotland as sheepdogs

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1. A breed of small dog having short legs and fox-like features.