face cloth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Let's go back to using a face cloth or cotton wool that gets disposed of in a dustbin and not flushed down the toilet," she suggested.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2021
But she never took her eyes from the eyeholes in the face cloth that hung from the man’s pointed hood.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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As Anna laid the face cloth over the marble features, she started back.
From Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days by Piper, Anna W. Ford
Whereon I came Trembling to thee, whose brow is like a god's, And wept and drew the face cloth from my babe, Praying thee tell what simples might be good.
From The Light of Asia by Arnold, Edwin, Sir
Stole a maiden from her place, Lightly to the warrior stept, Took the face cloth from the face; Yet she neither moved nor wept.
From The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades by Various
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