| 单词 | doily-napkin |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdoily-napkin a. n. (Originally doily-napkin.) A small ornamental napkin used at dessert. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > napkin or serviette napkin1384 muckender1420 napetc1422 savernapron1422 browera1475 serviette1490 serviter1522 muffling cheat1567 diapera1616 doily1711 paper napkin1847 lap-cloth1849 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Apr. (1948) I. 249 After dinner we had coarse Doiley napkins, fringed at each end, upon the table to drink with. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 24 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) Who dares with Doylies des'perate war to wage. 1798 Gentleman's Mag. 68 ii. 755/2 Thus also the small table napkin called a D'Oyley. 1802 S. Rogers in Clayden Early Life (1887) 437 After dinner [in Paris] she threw about her some ugly and dirty English doyleys, which she also explained as the English fashion, and of which I felt quite ashamed. 1855 H. Martineau Autobiogr. (1877) I. 68 I had been picking at the fringe of my doily. < as lemmas |
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