table napkin
Britishnoun
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He holds up a bloodied table napkin or a child's dress stained by chocolate ice cream and demonstrates how Axion helps clean them.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had a peerless touch with silver teapots and under-footmen, could fold a table napkin into a water lily, and the young people adored him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some have burning tapers inserted into them, while a pure white table napkin is spread on the ground, or on benches specially provided for the purpose, awaiting the priests' blessing.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton
The host asks what has become of the ape, whose assistance he requires, and is terrified to see his guest wringing blood from the table napkin.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
About twelve o'clock he used to rap on the marble table, and the waiter quickly brought a plate, a glass, a table napkin, and his lunch when he had ordered it.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 by Guy de Maupassant
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