table linen
Example Sentences
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His mother packed his suitcase with clothes for immediate wear and grown-up items like sheets and table linen.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2023
Six rounds of stain treating may sound extreme, but if it saves a favorite garment or table linen, I'd say it's worth the effort.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022
The Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills hotel is a fantastically kitsch extravaganza of salmon-pink table linen and bad taste, but a Hollywood institution nonetheless.
From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2017
When favored tenants order a takeout dinner, Mr. Bradley sometimes sends up a waiter to do the full honors, with table linen, restaurant china and wine service.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2012
It was all plastic too—the table linen, the butter dish.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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