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
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
Linn said the debris around the body – wood, door trim, window trim, and blue plastic drop cloth – looked to him like the remnants from a residential remodeling job.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2016
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
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