toweletten.
/taʊəˈlɛt/ A small towel.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > rubbing with towel > towel > small towel
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1902 in W. Forrester Great-Grandmama's Weekly (1980) iv. 84/1 Artmann's Hygienic towelettes. Superior to any other Sanitary Towels.
1926 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 528/1 Drying ourselves on pretty hand-woven towelettes.
1981 Times 16 Sept. 9/4 On board, someone opened my milk carton for me and someone else explained the uses of my towelette.
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