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  • noun Plural form of tablemat.

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Examples

  • According to Star Wars lore, there are actually about 25 people who stole the plans and got them to Princess Leia's ship and because of the Lucasfilm command that all computer games, novels and probably commemorative tablemats are canon, there are fairly convoluted hoops to jump through to explain how they all did so simultaneously.

    Star Wars: Jedi Outcast Adam Whitehead 2009

  • The covering of oil-flasks, sewed together with strong thread, and lined and bound neatly, makes useful tablemats.

    The American Frugal Housewife Lydia Maria Francis Child 1841

  • Meals became formal, with Constable tablemats, separate butter knives and jam spoons.

    Home | Mail Online 2010

  • Visiting the local villages is also now actively encouraged, as we discover when we are taken on an afternoon trip to Gadhdhoo, where hand-weaving straw tablemats and fishing offer the only alternative employment to the hotel and tourist sector.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk Mariella Frostrup 2010

  • Visiting the local villages is also now actively encouraged, as we discover when we are taken on an afternoon trip to Gadhdhoo, where hand-weaving straw tablemats and fishing offer the only alternative employment to the hotel and tourist sector.

    Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk Mariella Frostrup 2010

  • Tablecloths are rather out of fashion these days (probably because it's far easier to wipe wine off bare wood), but if you have a nice one, it's worth getting it out for such a special occasion - put some felt or tablemats beneath for hot dishes, try and align the crease

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • Shopping is a joy here - casualwear, shell jewellery, tablemats, beaded slippers (which we discovered were a fraction of the price in Kuta!), Balinese paintings and wood carvings.

    unknown title 2008

  • Singh, 23, and Bhola, 22, are customers at India’s first "Condom Bar" in the northern city of Chandigarh where tablemats have messages such as: "Get It On!"

    Condom Bar in India Promotes Safe Sex | Impact Lab 2007

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