napery
Americannoun
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table linen, as tablecloths or napkins.
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any linen for household use.
noun
Etymology
Origin of napery
1350–1400; Middle English naprye < Middle French, equivalent to nape, variant of nappe tablecloth ( see napkin) + -erie -ery
Example Sentences
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Faultless napery, preferably white—naked tabletops have no place in any restaurant aspiring to loveliness.
From Architectural Digest • Apr. 6, 2015
Mike Price, the chef, and his partner, Joe Campanaro, who also own Market Table, have opted for refinement, accepting reservations and using cloth napery.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2014
The wives, in the score's most delicious, feather-light music, plot their duping in a smart hotel dining room: stiff napery, chandeliers and synchronised tureens.
From The Guardian • May 19, 2012
Hey, I wasn't expecting fussy napery or anything, but still: I felt like I was using up the stock, and wasting trees to boot.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2010
My good friend!" exclaimed the surgeon in a great fuss, and looking at the supper-table, "what is your napery like?—Very good.—Now bring waxlights, and make haste, make haste.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
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