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facecloth

American  
[feys-klawth, -kloth] / ˈfeɪsˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /

noun

facecloths plural
  1. washcloth.


Etymology

Origin of facecloth

First recorded in 1595–1605; face + cloth

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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