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dropcloth

  • a variation of drop cloth.
    drop cloth
    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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“She comes in with her ladder, buckets, table, dropcloth — and she doesn’t want any help. I’m just in awe.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2022

Thanks to this bin they’ll be easy to find when I need to put down a dropcloth, light the charcoal grill or housebreak a puppy.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2022

Spread a dropcloth if you have one, and wear goggles and thick gloves.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2020

And you’ll want to have a dropcloth or plastic tablecloth for messy projects.

From New York Times ● May 18, 2020

It’s almost too easy to forget that there are pretty hills and forests nearby, obscured as they are by a beige dropcloth of smoke.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2017

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