dropcloth
Example Sentences
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Resembling a painter’s giant dropcloths, his flowing, unstructured canvases, known as drapes, appeared in what was then known as the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022
Ritchey’s office is hanging clear painter’s dropcloths from the ceiling between chairs.
From Slate • May 19, 2020
On second glance, the flounces were plastic: dropcloths, perhaps.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2014
The $18 drop-in fee includes state park entrance fee, muslin dropcloths and yoga mats.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2011
In an unassuming storeroom filled with dropcloths and pallets and crates, behind a sheet of plywood, the mineralogist reveals a simple combination safe that the assistant director opens rather easily.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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