emery cloth

noun

emery-coated cloth used as an abrasive.

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Words nearby emery cloth

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Example sentences from the Web for emery cloth

  • Then he picked up his emery-cloth and resumed his polishing, as if the story he had told was of ordinary import.

    Betty Grier|Joseph Waugh