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linen

noun as in fabric

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The royal couple were told by Helen Keys and Charlie Mallon about the sustainable methods being used to grow flax to create linen.

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Nevertheless, some family possessions survive and are exhibited here: a lovely walnut writing desk used by Otto Frank, table linens with family initials, colorful crockery, a precious photo album.

“You can run a pizza shop on the linen bill of a fine-dining restaurant,” he said.

Dressed in baggy jeans and a billowy linen shirt, she sips a green juice as a takeout bag from Sqirl sits next to her on a picnic table.

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She added that "there's a limit to what you can do" from outside cabinet and "what I don't think members want is for us to be airing our dirty linen in public".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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