Citations:calico

Noun

 * 1890, Joseph William Zaehnsdorf, The Art of Bookbinding
 * With regard to stuck-on head-bands, the binder may make them at little expense, by using striped calico for the purpose.
 * 1921, James Hutson, Chinese Life in the Tibetan Foothills:
 * At execution times people dip calico into the blood of the victim, and wear it on their persons.