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serviette

[ sur-vee-et ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chiefly British.

serviette

/ ˌsɜːvɪˈɛt /

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

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

C15: from Old French, from servir to serve ; formed on the model of oubliette

The man held the dusty neck with a serviette, drew the cork, and filled two glasses.

With three forks, a serviette ring, and a plate, one may improvise a stand for a soup tureen or water carafe.

The boys also work in ivory, turning serviette rings with great accuracy and skill.

No linen could have been more faultlessly laundered than Jerome's; no serviette more neatly folded.

A tiny serviette had been over the sandwiches, and was still there beside the plate.

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