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† caffoy, cafoy Obs. 1. Some kind of fabric, imported in the 18th c.
1750Beawes Lex Mercat. (1752) 686 Products of Abbeville, as Plush, Caffoy, Ticking, etc. 2. caffoy paper: a kind of (?) flock paper used for covering walls in the middle of the 18th c.
1750Mrs. Delany Life & Corr. II. 562 The [wall] paper is pearl coloured caffoy paper; the pattern like damask. 1755― III. 385 My dining room..is hung with mohair cafoy paper. |