Plural of calico

Forms of calico

Calicos and calicoes in a sentence

• Trussed in corsets, jawbone-high collars and calicos that had seen better days, they have little enough to work with, their attempts at coquetry further constrained by their rigid mores of the day.2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
• Miss Dru, in old-style calicoes and ginghams, felt grubby beside the dudes and dudesses who galloped over from near-by ranches to the Arizona location where the picture was being shot.1947 July 26, Jim Marshall, “Glamor Hits the Range”, in Walter Davenport, editor, Collier’s, volume 120, number 4, Springfield, Oh.: The…. From the entry near-by

Meaning of calico

1. noun A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
2. noun The plant disease caused by Tobacco mosaic virus.
3. adjective Made of calico or resembling the color of calico cloth, having a pattern of red and contrasting areas; variegated.

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Questions about the plural of calico

What is the plural of calico?

The plural of calico is calicos or calicoes.

Which is correct, calicos or calicoes?

Both are used. calicos is the more common of the two in English writing.

Is calico countable?

Calico is a countable and uncountable noun.