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oilcloth

[oil-klawth, -kloth] / ˈɔɪlˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /
NOUN
tarpaulin
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“Swap out the linen cloth for a wipeable oilcloth when it’s time for the kids to do homework or an art project,” she advises.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023

Apart from the boiler, other items on the tank include an oilcloth table cloth from the family's summer house, new Disney bedsheets for her children and a red blanket, she says.

From BBC • May 31, 2022

But, like the author, we snag on that Polish word, and its suggestion of cold oilcloth, garden tomatoes, and stove fumes.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2018

The original illustrations show the flowering of Keats’s collage technique: Peter’s mother’s dress is checked oilcloth; the colorful buildings are cutouts.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2011

A few wore bibbed overalls made of oilcloth.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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