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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 Stark, Harriet

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)

A large round tea cloth, fashioned by the hostess, covered the table.

From Suppers Novel Suggestions for Social Occasions by Pierce, Paul

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