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drop cloth

NOUN
protective cloth
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Wedge a drop cloth or some newspapers on the floor underneath, and expect to apply one to two thorough coats.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2022

Warning: This is a messy job best done over a drop cloth or on a floor you don’t mind getting very dirty.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

The bags contained a cover for a bow saw, a receipt from a local hardware store, a drop cloth and a newspaper with the delivery address of an apartment house in Galveston.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2020

She’s also found that the mats work well as a drop cloth under a baby’s high chair and, in a pinch, as a compact bath mat.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2019

He started to work, furiously tinkering with the sphere, pulling out anything he thought would help from his magic tool belt: a drop cloth, metal extenders, some string and grommets.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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