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drop cloth

NOUN
protective cloth
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Use a drop cloth to protect furniture and any areas you’re not painting, suggested Sarah Fishburne, Home Depot’s director of trend and design, in an email.

From Washington Post Jun. 30, 2022

Every night, he would roll up the drop cloth, vacuum and take a shower.

From Seattle Times Jul. 20, 2021

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

I laid the pillowcase over the carpet like a drop cloth.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon



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