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Origin of floorcloth
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It was a neat, dull little house, on the shady side of the way, with new, narrow floorcloth in the passage, and new, narrow stair-carpets up to the first floor.
From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Charles Dickens
The house is small, and has been elegantly fitted up; in the gardens were some detached and pleasant apartments, constructed with floorcloth of Kensington manufacture.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 570, October 13, 1832 by Various
She rose quietly and washed out her floorcloth, and stood drying her hands on the roller towel which hung on the kitchen door.
From Purple Springs by Nellie L. McClung
The keepers are professionally adepts in the management of lamps; and should a drop of oil be spilt, the floor is covered with painted floorcloth to receive it.
From Smeaton and Lighthouses A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel by John Smeaton
Linoleum, a floorcloth, being a composition of cork and linseed oil with chloride of silver.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Brooke designs floorcloths, or mats, and paints them in colorful acrylics under the name Goat On Roof.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2018
Whitewash, paint, floorcloths, dusters, wash leathers, and sundry other articles in the curriculum of scrubbers, renovators, and purifiers are needed.
From Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston by Atticus
The floorcloths are irreproachable, the marble-painted walls are unadorned with a single picture.
From Muslin by George (George Augustus) Moore
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