table napkin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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
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 Singleton, Esther
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 Berdoe, Edward
When I got to India and to polite society, and began wiping my mouth with a table napkin, I discovered that on the first few occasions the napkin used to come away in my pocket.
From To Lhassa at Last by Millington, Powell
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