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Definition of Tea cloth
1. Noun. A small tablecloth.
Definition of Tea cloth
1. Noun. A tea towel. ¹
2. Noun. A small tablecloth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tea Cloth
Literary usage of Tea cloth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Land of the Blue Poppy: Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet by Francis Kingdon Ward (1913)
"With a view to enhanced effect the Consul had covered over the things on the tray
with his best tea-cloth, and no sooner were the wedding presents under way ..."
2. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"She scampered up-stairs to bring down her filmiest tea-cloth. She arranged a
silver tray. She proudly carried it into the living-room and set it on the long ..."
3. Smith and Duke's The American Statistical Arithmetic: Designed for Academies by Francis Henney Smith (1845)
"The amount of tea, cloth, and money, is in each case compared with its own unit,
which is one pound of tea for the first, one yard of cloth for the second, ..."
4. The Expert Waitress: A Manual for the Pantry, Kitchen, and Dining-room by Anne Frances Springsteed Cole, Anne Frances Springsteed (1894)
"Lay on it a daintily embroidered tea cloth, two or three choice cups and saucers,
with spoons, a small sugar bowl with sugar tongs, a small cream jug, ..."
5. The Expert Waitress: A Manual for the Pantry, Kitchen, and Dining-room by Anne Frances Springsteed Cole, Anne Frances Springsteed, Margaret Armstrong (1894)
"Lay on it a daintily embroidered tea cloth, two or three choice cnps and saucers,
with spoons, a small sugar bowl with sugar tongs, a small cream jug, ..."
6. ... Official Catalogue ...by Moses Purnell Handy by Moses Purnell Handy (1893)
"tea cloth. 669 2370. Emminger, Miss L., .Cincinnati. Drawn work center pieces
and doilies. Cinn. room 665 238. Fenner, Mary, South Orange, ..."
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