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towelette

American  
[tou-uh-let, tou-let] / ˌtaʊ əˈlɛt, ˌtaʊˈlɛt /

noun

  1. a small paper towel, usually premoistened in a sealed package.


Etymology

Origin of towelette

First recorded in 1900–05; towel + -ette

Example Sentences

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At EN, a Japanese brasserie in the West Village, a waiter presented him with a small wooden box containing a Shout stain-remover towelette, a white cloth napkin, and a white paper napkin.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 10, 2018

The girl realizes that it’s a moist towelette.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2017

She doused a towelette with water from a plastic bottle and handed it to Jim Clarke, my companion, urging him to scrub the nasty stuff off my scalp.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2014

The strongest move would be to reach for a moist towelette, such as the one presented with the wings at Pok Pok.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2014

Plus two pieces of Chiclets chewing gum and one of those moist towelette things for wiping your hands off.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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