Plural form of calamanco; multiple pieces or articles made from this striped woolen fabric.
Standard English plural formation applied to the imported textile term calamanco. The various plural spellings (calamancoes, calamancos) reflect uncertainty about the word's origin language, as pluralization rules varied historically.
The existence of multiple spelling variants for the plural shows how English speakers borrowed words without fully understanding their origins—people spelled it the way it sounded and used English pluralization rules, creating a fascinating fossil record of linguistic confusion!
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