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Meanings of household linen in inglês

Drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth.

Usage of household linen in inglês
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The rags supplied the household linen, while the comb represented the toilette necessaries.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
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We are taking all our household linen, cutlery, glassware,nives, spoons, salt-cellars, spice pots.
The Lady of the Rivers
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A bit of household linen, a book, flowers, or candy are most appropriate.
Book of Etiquette, Volume II
4
They were concealed in a 20-foot container purporting to carry household linen and textiles.
The Irish Times
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Em set to work busily to prepare her own household linen and wedding garments.
The Story of an African Farm
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Use linen as a backdrop Plain household linen actually makes a good backdrop, says Makhuba.
The South African
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The daughter has no household linen to disturb her.
John Caldigate
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It chiefly consisted of household linen, plate, china, and books, with a handsome pianoforte of Marianne's.
Sense and Sensibility
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And, that no accommodations may be wanted, I have consented to take the household linen at an appraisement.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4
10
Every one knows the preciousness of the household linen which has been for generations an heirloom in a family.
Woman's Work in the Civil War: A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, ...
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He here found Madame d'Argeles engaged in packing a large trunk with household linen and sundry articles of clothing.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
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She makes lists of everything she possesses, from household linen to the Christmas cards which she sends out and receives.
More about Pixie
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Remember that I have forgotten household linen and Kid's boots, but determine not to let this spoil my good temper.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14
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He entered the drawing-room, and there, from amid a heap of household linen which required the needle, rose the penitent wife.
In the Year of Jubilee
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From house to house across the road household linen was flying in the wind, for the neighbourhood was certainly a poverty-stricken one.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
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No one has a better stock of household linen, all made by her, her daughters and her maids, in the whole Mark.
Face to Face with Kaiserism