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Meanings of wash cloth in English

A small rectangular piece of cloth, often formed like a pouch, that is made of terrycloth and used to wash one's body.

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Examples for "flannel"
Examples for "flannel"
1
The costume is made of glossy sateen; the sandals of canton flannel.
Games for All Occasions
2
The inner garment-theflannel shirt-wasin a very tolerable state of preservation.
Henry Dunbar: A Novel
3
The great flannel shirts you had, what do you remember about them?
The new yorker
4
She gently and timidly stroked the shoulder of the rough flannel shirt.
Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
5
Every day, I wore Dennis's flannel fishing jacket over my normal clothes.
Stiltsville: a novel
1
It's just me. Adam wetted a washcloth and handed it to David.
The family man
2
She brought out a damp washcloth and put it on my forehead.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
3
He saw another one wring out a washcloth and clean another table.
Corpus of a Siam Mosquito
4
Thanks for leaving your slimy washcloth in the middle of the shower.
Ender’s Game
5
I handed Grady the washcloth, and he went out the back door.
Stiltsville: a novel
1
A bar of PH-balanced face soap and a face cloth.
The Irish Times
2
Use a towel or face cloth moistened with warm water to remove traces of the scrub.
The South African
3
Hazel wiped her whole face with a fresh tissue, as though it were a face cloth.
Career of Evil
4
Use white cotton curtain cords for the girdle and make the hood of the Turkish face cloth.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
5
Do it gently with an oil cleanser or balm followed by warm water and a face cloth.
The Irish Times
Usage of wash cloth in English
1
Pilled a wash cloth with razor blades and several slivers of soap.
The ginger man
2
The recommendation is to use a wet wash cloth to clean up.
The South African
3
After the massage, wet a wash cloth in water slightly chilled, and lay over the face.
The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture
4
To do the OCM, all you need is your oil mix, some hot water, and a wash cloth.
Ebony
5
Then get a cotton pad or a wash cloth and soak it in the hottest water you can handle.
News.com.au
6
I looked when I got a chance, and she had crocheted me a wash cloth, with a pink edge.
Bab: A Sub-Deb
7
Be careful, never to let loose and wet ends of the wash cloth drag along exposed parts of the body.
Making Good on Private Duty: Practical Hints to Graduate Nurses
8
Running water in the bathroom sink then a warm wash cloth against my eyes and face then down across my belly.
86'd: a novel
9
Generally, a soft brush, such as a complexion-brush, is satisfactory; but if this is too harsh, at first a wash cloth may be used.
The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy
10
Against the distant wall women were washing cloths in the river.
Dark Universe
11
Unexpected sleepovers usually leave the guests worried about having their towels, wash cloths, toothbrush etc.
The South African
12
This is for washing cloths with one-half the labour of that with common bar soap.
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets / Or, A ...
13
Added two towels and four wash cloths to help muffle the noise, 2 tablespoons of baking soda.
Wired
14
They use their feet, dipped in water, as wash cloths, and their tongues as combs and brushes.
The Human Side of Animals