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36. Ne vous nettoyez pas les dents auec la nappe, ou la seruiette, ny auec le doigt, la fourchette, ou le cousteau.— George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway
Napier, from Fr. nappe, cloth, meant the servant who looked after the napery.— The Romance of Names
There was one handsome bit of old lace on a white nappe for the altar, and a good dress for the Virgin.— Chateau and Country Life in France
[Illustration: There was one handsome bit of old lace on a white nappe for the altar.]— Chateau and Country Life in France
J'avois, pour manger, une nappe, à la mode des gens riches du pays.— The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III

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