drop cloth
Example Sentences
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To make custom curtains similar to those she spotted at Anthropologie, she dyed a 6-by-9-foot canvas drop cloth from Harbor Freight, which cost $6.99.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
In a crumbly brick building along the industrial waterfront, the actor Adrien Brody knelt on a drop cloth, smearing and swirling paint with a plastic card until it formed patterns, layers and streaks.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2022
Warning: This is a messy job best done over a drop cloth or on a floor you don’t mind getting very dirty.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022
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
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