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Shop a wide variety of classics, like ticking stripes and chintz florals, or choose from their impressive array of Sunbrella fabrics for something more durable.—Alyssa Longobucco, Architectural Digest, 19 June 2026 Aside from her affinity for floral chintz and maximal pairings, Sister Parish, born Dorothy May Kinnicutt in 1910 and nicknamed Sister by her brothers, was also known as a female trailblazer at a time when women couldn’t even open a bank account without their husband’s signature.—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 May 2026 Banks and Fahy are sensational, and both get to smoke even after they’ve been told not to because the smell might infest the chintz drapes in the breakfast room.—Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026 Superbloom is another helping of polyester in an age of microplastics, weighed down by chintz and notably shorter on dazzle and wit.—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for chintz
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Etymology
earlier chints, plural of chint, from Hindi chī̃ṭ & Urdu chīnṭ