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towelling

British  
/ ˈtaʊəlɪŋ /

noun

  1. an absorbent fabric, esp with a nap, used for making towels, bathrobes, etc

"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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A jingle of keys emerged, then some coins, and finally, a crumpled sheet of paper towelling.

From The Guardian Apr. 25, 2019

Far from haggling, the man who sold me a towelling gown patiently explained that his prices were fixed, and that even this robe, the biggest in his shop, would not be sufficient to cover me.

From The Guardian Dec. 2, 2018

He shuffled around their flat on Paris’s chic Boulevard Saint-Germain in his black towelling dressing gown, seeming unusually gloomy as he dunked his buttered toast into milky coffee.

From The Guardian Mar. 19, 2016

It is modern, covers 800 acres, employs 14,000 and produces a steady 90 tonnes of towelling a day.

From Economist Jul. 9, 2015

Mack came back dabbing at his mouth with wet towelling.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

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