Tablecloth
['teɪb(ə)lklɒθ] or ['teblklɔθ]
Definition
(n.) A cloth for covering a table, especially one with which a table is covered before the dishes, etc., are set on for meals.
Editor: Stacy
Examples
- Mrs. Dashwood could think of no other question, and Thomas and the tablecloth, now alike needless, were soon afterwards dismissed. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- We all looked awkwardly at the tablecloth while this was going on. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The happy pair of swindlers, with the comfortable tie between them that each had swindled the other, sat moodily observant of the tablecloth. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- You mustn't give me credit for the tablecloth and spoons and castors, because they come for you from the coffee-house. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He forgot the butter in bed, got up from the bedside, and wiped his fingers on the tablecloth, exclaiming, Lord bless my soul! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A modest little cottage but a bright and a fresh, and on the snowy tablecloth the prettiest of little breakfasts. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checker: Marie