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  • 41chintzy — chintz|y [ tʃıntsi ] adjective 1. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who is chintzy does not like to spend money or give things to people 2. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL inexpensive and badly made: chintzy furniture 3. ) covered or decorated with chintz: a range …

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  • 45Glossaire du tissage — Recueil des termes relatifs au tissage, à l industrie textile et au textile. Sommaire : Haut A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A …

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  • 48Zitz — Sm (bunter Kattun) per. Wortschatz arch. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Umgesetzt aus nndl. sits, chits, nhd. Chintz. Aus ne. chints, eigentlich dem Plural einer Entlehnung aus hindī chint bedrucktes Baumwollgewebe , eigentlich verschiedenartig .… …

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  • 49chintzy — [chint′sē] adj. chintzier, chintziest [ CHINTZ + Y3: from the sleazy quality of some chintz fabrics] 1. like chintz ☆ 2. Informal cheap, stingy, mean, petty, etc …

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  • 50chintzy — adj. 1. resembling chintz or decorated with chintz. [PJC] 2. of very poor quality. [informal] Syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tatty, tinny, chinchy. [WordNet 1.5] 3. stingy; miserly. Syn: cheap. [PJC] …

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