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
As the final notes drown in a roar of noisy affirmation, she mops her streaming face with a Turkish towel.
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
Thus the hero's papa's whiskers are a haughtily braided Turkish towel, the sage councilors' hats, victrola records.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the bath, the body should be thoroughly rubbed with a crash or Turkish towel.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir
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