Turkish towel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Turkish towel
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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He sat at Mar-a-Lago with a thick Turkish towel wrapped around his head, eyes squeezed shut, willing the thoughts to stop.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
Thus the hero's papa's whiskers are a haughtily braided Turkish towel, the sage councilors' hats, victrola records.
From Time Magazine Archive
About 10, he gets up, bathes, shaves, douses himself with Bain de Champagne perfume, wraps himself in a six-foot-square Turkish towel and drips across the costly Aubusson tapestry rug on his bedroom floor.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the final notes drown in a roar of noisy affirmation, she mops her streaming face with a Turkish towel.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Turkish towel is the best for drying, and it should be vigorously but not roughly applied.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Walter Germain
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