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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

The colors of the walls — in Fanta-can shades of fuchsia and orange — were snatched from countryside billboards; a hand-painted sign is out front and the tables are covered in sliced-off-the-roll neon floral oilcloth.

From New York Times Mar. 14, 2014

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

From The New Yorker Jan. 28, 2013

We were to eat at a square table covered with white, knife-scarred oilcloth.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Some of our soldiers visited the battlefield that night and next day, and brought in many trophies and mementoes of the day's fight, such as blankets, oilcloths, canteens, guns, etc.

From History of Kershaw's Brigade by Dickert, D. Augustus

"Guess she can stand three 'r four days in our company, smellin' oilcloths, fish, kerosene, an' punk t'bacco."

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by MacGrath, Harold

Each colour requiring a distinct set of blocks, those oilcloths with the greatest variety of colours are most expensive.

From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Babbage, Charles

In addition our party was provided with oilcloths for the better protection of the stores, and with mosquito netting.

From The Red Miriok by Barnes, Anna M.

Superannuated mail coaches carried blankets, oilcloths, sabres, shoes; light spring wagons held Enfield rifles; doctors' buggies medicine cases corded in with care.

From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary




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