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face cloth

British  

noun

  1. US equivalent: washcloth.  a small piece of cloth used to wash the face and hands

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Use white cotton curtain cords for the girdle and make the hood of the Turkish face cloth.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

The knitted face cloth on the back of the kitchen chair was responsible for Rosemary's idea.

From Rainbow Hill by Gooch, Thelma

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

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