British term for dish towel, from its use drying tea things.
Tea towel
Example Sentences
"dish towel"
Etymology & History
British dish towel. British kitchen linen. Drying up British washing up. Americans 'dish towel'. Tea drying British historical. Reflects British-American kitchen vocabulary.
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Region
General British
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Era
Modern
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Language
Mild
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Formality
Informal
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