chintz

noun
🔊/tʃɪnts/
🔊/tʃɪnts/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. a type of shiny cotton cloth with a printed design, especially of flowers, used for making curtains, covering furniture, etc.轧光印花棉布(用于制作窗帘、家具套等)Topics Houses and homesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryChintz is used before these nouns:
    • sofa
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (as chints, plural of chint, denoting a stained or painted calico cloth imported from India): from Hindi chīṃṭ ‘spattering, stain’.