| 单词 | house cloth |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse cloth house cloth n. ΚΠ 1626 Deloney's Pleasant Hist. Iohn Winchcomb (rev. ed.) sig. Giij [They] put an housecloath about his necke in stead of a fine towell. 1760 H. Glasse Servant's Direct. i. 30 Hot water will freeze sooner on the Boards than cold, if it is not very well dry'd up with a House-cloth. 1853 L. E. Stuart Let. 17 Jan. in R. Stuart et al. Stuart Lett. (1961) I. 452 I have not a house cloth, scrubbing brush, or anything of the kind in the house. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. I. iv. 149 Rolls of crash, house cloth, ticking and the like. 1994 O. Giarini in C. Carraro et al. Environmental Managem. i. 113 An old cotton sheet has still a long life as a house-cloth, whereas a disposable..cloth is much less suitable for secondary utilization. < as lemmas |
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