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noun

Napkin n.

A little towel, made of cloth or paper, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.

A handkerchief. (Obs.)

Napkin pattern. See Linen scroll, under Linen. Napkin ring, a ring of metal, ivory, or other material, used to inclose a table napkin.

paper napkin, a napkin made of paper, intended to be disposed of after use.

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Etymology of 'Napkin'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Napkin" Quotes from Famous Books

... Lily gave a quick glance round the room: her skirt was hanging on the peg; the bodice lay, without a crease, over the back of a chair, the hat on top of it, the linen neatly folded: good! She did not look a scarecrow, at any rate! And, sitting up against the pillows, with a napkin on her knees, Lily breakfasted daintily, ...

— The Bill-Toppers • Andre Castaigne

... said Mother Blossom, mopping her as dry as she could with a napkin. "Perhaps I can put a dry dress on you on the boat. Now try to eat quietly, dear; we ...

— Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm • Mabel C. Hawley

... lunch composed of putrid tinned salmon and "invisible" eggs—the latter dish being a speciality of that place. The tambo man insisted that I had eaten six eggs, whereas I had not even seen them except on the bill. He told me that I was wrong, showing me a napkin on which two yellow streaks were to be seen—though not left there by me, but by the lips of some traveller who had passed perhaps a ...

— Across Unknown South America • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

... broken heart. She had entered the dining-room when he was laying the table and discovered him watering the knives and forks with tears. Unaccustomed to see men weep, she enquired the cause. He dried his eyes with a napkin and told a woeful tale of a faithless love in Neuchatel, a widow plump and well-to-do. He had looked forward to marry her at the end of the year, and to pass an unruffled life in the snugness of the delicatessen shop which she conducted ...

— Jaffery • William J. Locke

... the contrary, would stake my life that you did nothing as others did. But let us begin at the beginning, and see which is right. In the first place there was your table napkin—what did you do with that when you ...

— Routledge's Manual of Etiquette • George Routledge

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