drop cloth
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To make custom curtains similar to those she spotted at Anthropologie, she dyed a 6-by-9-foot canvas drop cloth from Harbor Freight, which cost $6.99.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
In a crumbly brick building along the industrial waterfront, the actor Adrien Brody knelt on a drop cloth, smearing and swirling paint with a plastic card until it formed patterns, layers and streaks.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2022
Every night, he would roll up the drop cloth, vacuum and take a shower.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021
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 walked in, straightened the drop cloth in the front hall, and made his way to the back of the house.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
