| 单词 | afternoon tea-cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasafternoon tea-cloth tea-cloth n. (a) a cloth used for wiping tea-things after washing them; (b) afternoon tea-cloth, a small tablecloth used at afternoon tea. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > equipment for washing or drying table utensils water-clothOE neck towel1493 dish-clout1530 mop1683 bottlebrush1685 rinse1738 tea-cloth1770 dishcloth1828 dish-rag1839 tea-towel1863 dish-towel1869 dish-pan1872 lappie1892 dish-mop1897 washing-up cloth1973 1770 C. Carroll Let. 11 Oct. in Maryland Hist. Mag. (1918) 13 62 A Hierling..stole a napkin two Towels & a Tea Cloath wh we Recovered. 1881 C. C. Harrison Woman's Handiwork Mod. Homes i. 49 The beautiful tea-cloth linen, with its firm round thread, the warp and woof of equal thickness, so common in England. 1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. Tea-cloth, a cloth used in washing up tea-things. 1891 Cent. Dict. Tea-cloth, a cloth for a tea-table or a tea-tray. < as lemmas |
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