Associations to the word «Chintz»

Wiktionary

CHINTZ, noun. A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.

Dictionary definition

CHINTZ, noun. A brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope