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tea cloth

British  

noun

  1. another name for tea towel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Cover with a damp tea cloth or plastic wrap, and let the rolls rise until they’re doubled in size.

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 2021

At the cost of hundreds of lives, the precious skins found their way to Siberia, were traded to eager Chinese for copper goods, tea, cloth.

From Time Magazine Archive

One creature tucked tracks under the tea cloth, whereat Mrs. Whitney's pinched nose was elevated.

From The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day by Harriet Stark

At tea time, he oversees the footmen who place the tea-table, put on the tea cloth and carry in the tea tray, after which Hastings himself places the individual tables.

From Etiquette by Emily Post

"Why, here's the tea cloth that I thought had been lost in the wash!" she exclaimed.

From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by John Campbell

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