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DOILY

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doi⋅ly

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–noun, plural -lies.
1. any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
2. Archaic. a small napkin, as one used during a dessert course.
Also, doyley.

Origin:
1670–80; named after a London draper of the late 17th century
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doi·ly   (doi'lē)   


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n.   pl. doi·lies

  1. A small ornamental mat, usually of lace or linen.

  2. A small table napkin.


[After Doily or Doyly, 18th-century London draper.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

doily 
1714, short for doily-napkin (1711), from doily "thin, woolen fabric," from Doiley, surname of a 17c.-early 18c. dry-goods dealer on London's Strand. Doily earlier meant "cheap but classy woollens" (1678), evidently from the same source.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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