chintz

From Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪnts/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnts

chintz (countable and uncountable, plural chintzes)

1. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Chamber of Death”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 263:

     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.

   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind‎:

     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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