drop cloth
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noun
a sheet of cloth, paper, plastic, or the like laid over furniture and floors for protection while a room is being painted or laid over shrubbery while the exterior of a house is being painted.
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Origin of drop cloth
First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby drop cloth
drop biscuit, drop black, drop box, drop by, drop cannon, drop cloth, drop cookie, drop curtain, drop-dead, drop-dead date, drop-dead fee
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