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The report goes on to say, The music lovers began to gather at 7:30 p.m. Since the drawing room was filled with chairs, Mary Sykes Cahan of the Metropolitan Museum and Henry J. Heinz 2d of the 57 Varieties took refuge among the chintzes in the sun room.—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 23 Dec. 2024 The living room is dominated by a large sofa covered in an English chintz, with Madeleine Castaing coffee tables on a pink Romanian rug.—Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 31 July 2024 At a time when floral chintz reigned supreme, such starkness was groundbreaking.—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023 Old-school patterns, like toile, chintz, and vintage floral chintz, are seeing a resurgence in popularity.—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for chintz
Word History
Etymology
earlier chints, plural of chint, from Hindi chī̃ṭ & Urdu chīnṭ
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