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Meanings of linen in English

Catalan
paper de fil

A high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish.

        paper de fil
        Spanish
        lino

        Color.

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                Usage of linen in English
                1
                There is a new emphasis, however on Irish tweed, linen and lace.
                The Irish Times
                2
                The bed linen is in the closet off the front room upstairs.
                The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
                3
                The floors were bare and the furniture was still jacketed in linen.
                A Hoosier Chronicle
                4
                Humanity is placed away in linen on the shelf in America, to-day.
                The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
                5
                His linen was always decent; in that respect he was especially clean.
                Crime and Punishment
                6
                There's also a selection of cushions and bed linen reduced to clear.
                The Irish Times
                7
                Above them were the attics where the linen was dried in winter.
                An Old Maid
                8
                TESTER embroidered in crewels in shades of blue on white homespun linen.
                The Development of Embroidery in America
                9
                An Ulster Committee included Mary Galway, the women linen workers' union official.
                The Irish Times
                10
                I'll get a fresh set out of the linen closet, she said.
                She, myself & i
                11
                It was painted in oil on linen, in a thoroughly traditional way.
                The Irish Times
                12
                The two are scantily and carelessly dressed in rough linen and leaves.
                Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
                13
                The two statesmen were in broadcloth and white linen and beaver hats.
                The Light in the Clearing: A Tale of the North Country in the Ti...
                14
                Presently the girl returned and placed the linen tablecloth on the floor.
                The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
                15
                Made about 1800 and used in the end of linen pillow cases.
                The Development of Embroidery in America
                16
                Timid little Maud Morris was in white, and Daisy was in linen.
                The Motor Girls on a Tour
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                Translations for linen
                Spanish
                lino
                Linen through the time
                Linen across language varieties
                United Kingdom
                Common
                Australia
                Common
                Ireland
                Common
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