drop cloth

Example Sentences

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

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021

Covering the area in a drop cloth helps, too.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2020

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