linens

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Tables were dressed in green linens and had seasonal spring bouquets featuring butterfly ranunculus, phlox, and lily of the valley.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

She still had the linens, socks and kitchen equipment of three functioning households.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

It was vaguely surreal, coming from the chaotic rebel energy of the Sliwa party into a sterile ballroom with white linens and several open bars serving endless glasses of house red and white wines.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2025

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2025

Your friend and apprentice housebreaker, Denna, pstscrpt—Please rest assured that I did not notice the disgraceful condition of your bed linens, and did not judge your character thereby.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss