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A soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
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challis
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An English surname derived from a Norman habitational name for someone from ''Eschalle'' in ''Pas-de-Calais'', ''France''. 2 A city in Idaho
WordNet
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n. a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
Wikipedia
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Challis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: George Challis (rugby league) , Australian rugby league footballer Gordon Challis (born 1932), New Zealand poet James Challis , British clergyman and astronomer John Challis , British actor ...
Gazetteer
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Population (2000): 909 Housing Units (2000): 525 Land area (2000): 1.779481 sq. miles (4.608835 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.023415 sq. miles (0.060645 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.802896 sq. miles (4.669480 sq. km) FIPS code: 13780 Located within: Idaho ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of fabric for ladies' dresses, 1849, of unknown origin, perhaps from the surname.
Usage examples of challis.
Challis developed his study more particularly with reference to the earlier evolution of Totemism, and he was able by his patient work among the Polynesians of Tikopia and Ontong Java, and his comparisons of those sporadic tribes with the Papuasians of Eastern New Guinea, to correct some of the inferences with regard to the origins of exogamy made by Dr.
Conda Challis saw to that, may his bloated, arrogant, deviant carcass rot in whatever hell the theologically resourceful can invent for him!
An unimpressive package of pulpy flesh and suspicion but possessing a sharp mind, Challis had been a successful merchant and trafficker in all manner of goods, both raw and manufactured.
Insofar as I could tell, given my age, her relationship with Challis was strictly business.
Conda Challis continue to look after you and not Teleen when Anasage died?
Conda Challis was a bipedal life-form raised up from primordial slime, with habits and vices to match his internal, intestinal, mental, and moral composition.
I have a small ranch near Challis up along the Salmon River, where we spend most of the year.
The journey to the main ranch, located twenty miles out of Challis, was a long and tiring one.
With the completion in 1880 of the toll road from Challis into the mining district, people had poured into the area by the hundreds.
Rachel shook her head as the wagon drew to a halt in front of the Challis Mercantile.
She was more isolated from Gavin than from anyone in Challis or her family in Boise.
He should have known the minute they met Patrick in Challis that Rachel would set her cap for him.
They rented a horse and sleigh in Challis and headed for Killarney Hall to pick up the children.
Becky stood in a corner of the kitchen trying to iron her challis skirt and a wool-blend lace-collared blouse recovered from a box wedged beneath their bed.
Sam was wearing khakis and an off-white shirt, while she wore pleated pale camel challis trousers--now showing snags from the.