tea cloth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
A large round tea cloth, fashioned by the hostess, covered the table.
From Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Pierce, Paul
A tea cloth worked by Russian peasants lay under the tea-cups—two only—of yellow Chinese egg-shell ware.
From The Incomplete Amorist by Nesbit, E. (Edith)
Intimate Dear Mrs. Neighbor: The tea cloth is perfectly exquisite!
From Etiquette by Post, Emily
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