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Table napkin means (rare) Alternative form of table napkin..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(rare) Alternative form of table napkin..
This was a linen square for practical use as a handkerchief or tablenapkin, chiefly by common folk and children.
Mrs P. came out to the verandah waving her tablenapkin and saying, ‘‘Naughty girl, you are a quarter of an hour late,’’ then she ushered me to the diningroom.
'That’s the way to do it!’ he exclaimed, crumpling up the paper object which some of the visitors called a serviette, and some a tablenapkin, the ones who called it a tablenapkin being much shocked at the ones who called it a serviette, and the ones who called it a serviette not even being aware that they thereby placed themselves irrevocably beyond the pale.
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Table napkin means (rare) Alternative form of table napkin..
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This was a linen square for practical use as a handkerchief or tablenapkin, chiefly by common folk and children.
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