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oilcloth

[oil-klawth, -kloth] / ˈɔɪlˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ /
NOUN
tarpaulin
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“Swap out the linen cloth for a wipeable oilcloth when it’s time for the kids to do homework or an art project,” she advises.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023

Apart from the boiler, other items on the tank include an oilcloth table cloth from the family's summer house, new Disney bedsheets for her children and a red blanket, she says.

From BBC ● May 31, 2022

But, like the author, we snag on that Polish word, and its suggestion of cold oilcloth, garden tomatoes, and stove fumes.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 24, 2018

And if children spill, as children will, tables are lined with easy-to-clean flowered oilcloth imported from England.

From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2012

“What’s this?” she said, and unbuttoned the oilcloth.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Camping outfits were all ready, and the boys observed that in addition to the winter’s supplies there were added large heavy oilcloths, like tarpaulins.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin

Blankets rolled up, oilcloths, overcoats, tents, all of the very best material, piled up by the hundreds and thousands.

From History of Kershaw's Brigade by D. Augustus Dickert

Each colour requiring a distinct set of blocks, those oilcloths with the greatest variety of colours are most expensive.

From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage

"Guess she can stand three 'r four days in our company, smellin' oilcloths, fish, kerosene, an' punk t'bacco."

From The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan by Harold MacGrath

In addition our party was provided with oilcloths for the better protection of the stores, and with mosquito netting.

From The Red Miriok by Anna M. Barnes


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