chromon.1
/ˈkrəʊməʊ/, U.S. /ˈkroʊˌmoʊ/ colloquial.
= chromolithograph n.In use shortly after 1850.
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lithograph1828
retransfer1838
autolithograph1842
lithotint1843
chromolithograph1860
oleograph1873
chromo1874
chromolith1884
litho1890
lithotype1890
oleo1921
oleolithograph1939
lithoprint1969
1874 F. Leslie's Illustr. Newspr. 10 Oct. 79 Selling our new maps, pictures, chromos.
1875 Printing Times 15 Jan. ‘Louis Prang’ Mr. Prang [born 1827] was the first to apply..the designation of ‘chromos’, being an abbreviation of ‘chromolithographs’.
Compounds
C1. In combination.
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1868 Daily News 27 Nov. The six chromo-facsimiles of my water-colour paintings are now lying before me.
C2.
chromo paper n. (see quot. 1896).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > lithography > [noun] > other materials
transfer-ink1832
transfer-paper1841
tusche1885
chromo paper1896
lithographic varnish1903
etch1930
lithographic paper1937
1896 R. Parkinson Treat. Paper (ed. 3) vii. 131 Chromo Papers, dull enamelled papers, used for chromo~lithography.
1962 F. T. Day Introd. to Paper v. 52 The finish is then carried out by calendering in the case of art and chromo papers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
chromon.2
/ˈkrəʊməʊ/, U.S. /ˈkroʊˌmoʊ/, Australian English /ˈkroʊmoʊ/ Australian slang.
A prostitute.
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1941 in S. J. Baker Dict. Austral. Slang
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned xviii. 166 Waiting to snitch some chromo's handbag.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
chromov.
= chromolithograph vb. at chromolithograph n. Derivatives.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > surface and planographic printing > lithography > lithograph [verb (transitive)]
lithographize1821
lithograph1825
chromolithograph1862
autolithograph1874
chromo1877
litho1934
1877 B. Harte Story of Mine ix. 111 Something that could be afterwards lithographed, or chromoed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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