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

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2013

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

The knife slipped from his hand, yet his arm remained twisted behind him, wrapped in the oilcloth.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros