napery

Example Sentences

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Faultless napery, preferably white—naked tabletops have no place in any restaurant aspiring to loveliness.

From Architectural Digest • Apr. 6, 2015

Mike Price, the chef, and his partner, Joe Campanaro, who also own Market Table, have opted for refinement, accepting reservations and using cloth napery.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2014

The wives, in the score's most delicious, feather-light music, plot their duping in a smart hotel dining room: stiff napery, chandeliers and synchronised tureens.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2012

Hey, I wasn't expecting fussy napery or anything, but still: I felt like I was using up the stock, and wasting trees to boot.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2010

"By the napery of the neck" wouldn't be a bad line to get off a little later in the story.

From Of All Things by Benchley, Robert C.