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▪ I. chromo, n.1|ˈkrəʊməʊ|
Colloquial shortening of chromolithograph; (in use shortly after 1850). Also in comb. chromo paper (see quot. 1896).
1868Daily News 27 Nov., The six chromo-facsimiles of my water-colour paintings are now lying before me. 1874F. Leslie's Illust. Newspr. 10 Oct. 79 (Hoppe), Selling our new maps, pictures, chromos. 1875Printing Times 15 Jan. ‘Louis Prang’, Mr. Prang [born 1827] was the first to apply..the designation of ‘chromos’, being an abbreviation of ‘chromolithographs’. 1896R. Parkinson Treatise on Paper (ed. 3) vii. 131 Chromo Papers, dull enamelled papers, used for chromo⁓lithography. 1962F. T. Day Introd. to Paper v. 52 The finish is then carried out by calendering in the case of art and chromo papers.
▪ II. chromo, n.2 Austral. slang.|ˈkrəʊməʊ|
A prostitute.
1941in Baker Dict. Austral. Slang. 1953K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xviii. 166 Waiting to snitch some chromo's handbag.
▪ III. chromo, v.
= chromolithograph v.
1877B. Harte Story of a Mine ix. 111 Something that could be afterwards lithographed, or chromoed. |