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serviette

American  
[sur-vee-et] / ˌsɜr viˈɛt /

noun

Chiefly British.

  1. a table napkin.

serviette British  
/ ˌsɜːvɪˈɛt /

noun

  1. a small square of cloth or paper used while eating to protect the clothes, wipe the mouth and hands, etc

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Etymology

Origin of serviette

1480–90; < Middle French, equivalent to servi ( r ) to serve + -ette -ette; for the formation, cf. oubliette

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But not because of his talent for downing hellaciously spicy wings; people know Evans because he’s a sympathetic and consistently surprising interviewer — slightly more Terry Gross than Nardwuar The Human Serviette.

From The Verge • Oct. 31, 2019

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