facecloth
Americannoun
plural
faceclothsEtymology
Origin of facecloth
Example Sentences
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They're about as rowdy and unpredictable as a facecloth.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023
Massage in nightly and remove with a clean, hot facecloth.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2017
In other words, for all of the jokes about particle physics and obscure Star Trek references, the show is more familiar than your facecloth - something its newly-wealthy star readily admits.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2014
She turns away from you for a moment, and when she turns back, she has a blue facecloth in her hand; with this she sets about gently dabbing and wiping your poor, fevered little brow.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2013
The water in the washbasin was cloudy, and the facecloth smelled like old cheese.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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