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It´s funny, just this christmas I bought a jar with a doilie around it, thinking “Hmm, will everyone think I´m a granny now?” but really, who cares!
Door Organizer Helps You Don’t Forget Something at Home 2010
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Until then, most women wore hats or scarves - or that doilie thingie.
Head coverings for women... Terry Nelson 2007
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And I don't know if you have her needle point work, too, but she's talking about that, things on a table or a doilie or something.
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The tray should have a fresh doilie, salt, sugar (covered), a glass of water, two teaspoons, a knife, if butter is allowed on the toast, and a small pitcher of milk or cream for the rice.
Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the United States of America 1918
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The little plates with a Stratford on Avon scene are on top of a cut glass plate with a silver doilie below it.
The Happy Wonderer 2009
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you better watch out, that doilie is mad pawerfulls and there are a few dicks below you
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