Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A ring in which a table-napkin may be held folded or rolled up when not in use.
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Examples
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Dante shoved her chair violently aside and left the table, upsetting her napkin-ring which rolled slowly along the carpet and came to rest against the foot of an easy-chair.
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He escorted the lady to church without his wife and, when Christmas came, he presented the lady with a sterling silver napkin-ring.
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At home, if you use a napkin-ring, fold your napkin and replace it in the ring when you have done with it.
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For the first ten years he made nothing but spoons, thimbles, and silver combs, with an occasional napkin-ring, if any one in Providence was bold enough to order one.
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Now put the egg into a glass of water, keeping it in an upright position by resting on a napkin-ring.
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Like all really valuable inventions, the patent is simplicity itself, the napkin-ring consisting of the section of the thicker end of an elephant's tusk cut to an appropriate size and hollowed out.
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For ~six~, at $1.60 each, we will give any one of the following: a silver fruit-knife (marked), silver napkin-ring, pen-knives, scissors, backgammon board, note-paper and envelopes stamped with initials, books worth $3.00.
The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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For ~ten~, at 1.60 each, select any one of the following: morocco travelling-bag, stereoscope with six views, silver napkin-ring, compound microscope, lady's work-box, sheet-music or books worth $5.00.
The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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For ~five~, at $1.60 each, any one of the following: globe microscope, silver fruit-knife, silver napkin-ring, book or books worth $2.50.
The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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For five, at $1.60 each, any one of the following: globe microscope, silver fruit-knife, silver napkin-ring, book or books worth $2.50.
The Nursery, No. 106, October, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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