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Kamptulicon, a floorcloth composed of cork and india-rubber or similar substance.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
Her Majesty is no stranger to a vault or firmament, of a sort of floorcloth, with an indistinct pattern distantly resembling eyes, which occasionally obtrudes itself on her repose.
From Reprinted Pieces by Charles Dickens
In one part of the room an old woman was kneeling down scrubbing the floorcloth.
From Hard Pressed by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
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
They decided that they must dig a large pit nightly and cover it as best they could with their floorcloth.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
Brooke designs floorcloths, or mats, and paints them in colorful acrylics under the name Goat On Roof.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2018
The floorcloths are irreproachable, the marble-painted walls are unadorned with a single picture.
From Muslin by George (George Augustus) Moore
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
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