oilcloth

Example Sentences

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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

Spiotta and I sat in a diner in Cooperstown, a road atlas open on the apple-print oilcloth.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2016

Afterward, he mopped the oilcloth clean and took down the Hebrew books with their crumbling leather spines.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2013

And instead of the white oilcloth and paper napkins of the dining room, Faye’s table was covered with a white damask cloth and the napkins were linen.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck