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linen

[lin-uhn] / ˈlɪn ən /


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“A good pair of denim and a linen blazer over that would be really cute. Whites also look good with clay.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

He had errands to do - bed linen to take to a friend's apartment where he and Iryna planned to sleep that night, and flowers to buy.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

During Greco-Roman times, Egyptian artists were called upon to inscribe funerary spells on linen mummy bandages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Tolles crafted bespoke window treatments from secondhand materials: linen-like Roman blinds in the kitchen, white linen drapes on top of woven bamboo blinds on the patio doors and velvet drapes in the bedroom.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Today he was wearing a white linen suit and a Panama hat.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm




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