calico dresses.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

In America, it is sometimes called the calico cat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others] Reference

And in the meantime, our calico is still sitting on her shelf, waiting for a paycheck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dogs With Jobs] Reference

I do know the calico is a female, since genetics dictate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference

The calico is the smallest and in many ways the stupidest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference

In the East it would have been called a calico pony; but Rhoda called it a pinto.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference

Three kids are believed to be stuck on a ledge on what is called the calico basin.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference

Those that are largely white with red and black patches are described as calico in the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [U has meny spelin erurs - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

And here's the definitive word on "calico" from the Cat Fancier's Page.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Annotated "Cosmic Charley"] Reference

Fifty years ago ladies wore the kind of calico gowns which servants wear now.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Human Nature] Reference

Once we stopped to buy a pony, and secured a fine "calico" one, unusually large and strong.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference

There is something already made of this kind of calico, which needs to be made larger, or mended, or something.    From Wordnik.com.  [Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature] Reference

Generally, "calico," in relation to animals, refers to a pattern of colorization similar to that of printed calico cloth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Annotated "Cosmic Charley"] Reference

Fred Ransom riding out to the spot on a mottled "calico" horse.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Engineers in Arizona Laying Tracks on the Man-killer Quicksand] Reference

It's a kind of calico, I guess; but them's not fast colors, friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia] Reference

Catlin, mounted on a "calico" mustang, as outrageous and bizarre as himself, dashed among them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colonel Starbottle's Client] Reference

There is something already made of this kind of calico which needs to be enlarged or mended or something.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chosen Few Short Stories] Reference

On Mr.K. going out, he found, instead of our "calico" cow, a brindled one that had been dry since the spring!.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference

The big horse keeping the lead, the little "calico" pit-pattering along behind in a hopeless effort to get even.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dorothy on a Ranch] Reference

I thought of 'calico' and 'Fedora' and 'Kokomo' and a lot of names that sounded like it, but I knew I was wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Slim Princess] Reference

"calico" cottage, which is to say, a cottage made of scrim, and white-washed.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Australian Lassie] Reference

He began emptying his calico tables upon the counter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference

In summer, calico; in winter, figured cloth, faced with fur.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference

He wore a loose calico dressing-gown, and embroidered slippers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference

He was a gaily dressed fellow, and his calico suit was of many colors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of a Lamb on Wheels] Reference

Old pieces of calico, or flannel make good holders to use about the stove.    From Wordnik.com.  [Things Mother Used to Make] Reference

Besides the four yards of calico there were ten of bed-ticking, also ten of.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference

               Her brothers wore ripped jeans, and calico cardigans.    From Wordnik.com.  [A D O N I S] Reference

Shoes are going to wear out and the sun is going to fade calico, Bryan or no Bryan!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of the Road] Reference

My sister said, "I know you have something," and drew out my hand still grasping the scrap of calico.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference

There are too many of them to name, a slinking mess of calico, tabby, tortoise-shell, black and white.    From Wordnik.com.  [Animals, Animals, Animals] Reference

While at the house I saw a piece of pink calico about an inch square that attracted my childish fancy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference

That, company officials now say, happened because the donor, a calico, had a genetic quirk blocking duplication.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cloning: Nine Lives + One] Reference

We sent for some unbleached calico the other day, worth twopence-halfpenny; was charged twelve cents or sixpence a yard.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference

I shall never forget how bright and pretty she looked that morning, in her pink calico dress and that little straw cottage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Homestead] Reference