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  • Matelote, and Gibelotte, variously modified by terror, which had stupefied one, rendered another breathless, and roused the third, were tearing up old dish-cloths and making lint; three insurgents were assisting them, three bushy-haired, jolly blades with beards and moustaches, who plucked away at the linen with the fingers of seamstresses and who made them tremble.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • I came to Colorado now nearly three months ago, with a small carpet-bag containing clothes, none of them new; and these, by legitimate wear, the depredations of calves, and the necessity of tearing some of them up for dish-cloths, are reduced to a single change!

    A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

  • General guidelines for choosing fabrics for clothes or furnishings … Choosing ultraviolet-light-resistant fabrics… Dish towels and dish-cloths … Bath towels and hand towels … Bath rugs and mats … Table linens, sizes of tablecloths and napkins … Upholstery … Rugs and carpets … Carpet padding or underlay … Clothes that are cool, warm, low-or no-iron, UV protective

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • General guidelines for choosing fabrics for clothes or furnishings … Choosing ultraviolet-light-resistant fabrics… Dish towels and dish-cloths … Bath towels and hand towels … Bath rugs and mats … Table linens, sizes of tablecloths and napkins … Upholstery … Rugs and carpets … Carpet padding or underlay … Clothes that are cool, warm, low-or no-iron, UV protective

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • General guidelines for choosing fabrics for clothes or furnishings … Choosing ultraviolet-light-resistant fabrics… Dish towels and dish-cloths … Bath towels and hand towels … Bath rugs and mats … Table linens, sizes of tablecloths and napkins … Upholstery … Rugs and carpets … Carpet padding or underlay … Clothes that are cool, warm, low-or no-iron, UV protective

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • General guidelines for choosing fabrics for clothes or furnishings … Choosing ultraviolet-light-resistant fabrics… Dish towels and dish-cloths … Bath towels and hand towels … Bath rugs and mats … Table linens, sizes of tablecloths and napkins … Upholstery … Rugs and carpets … Carpet padding or underlay … Clothes that are cool, warm, low-or no-iron, UV protective

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Put them in the water; let them stand half an hour or so; then rub them out thoroughly, rinse faithfully, and dry outdoors in clear air and sun, and dish-cloths and towels need never look gray and dingy -- a perpetual discomfort to all housekeepers.

    The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette

  • From this draw a conclusion concerning the care of washed clothes, wet dish-cloths, towels, and wash-cloths.

    School and Home Cooking Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer

  • Completely knocked up, Tchartkóff let his cloak fall, placed his new purchase against the wall, and threw himself on a narrow meagre little sofa, whose leathern cover, torn upon one side from the row of brass nails that had formerly confined it, afforded Nikíta a convenient receptacle for dish-cloths, old clothes, dirty linen, and any other miscellaneous matters he thought fit to cram under.

    Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 Various

  • All the table-cloths, towels, dish-cloths, etc., required should be hemmed by the pupils.

    Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools Ontario. Ministry of Education

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