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FLOORCLOTH

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floor⋅cloth

[flawr-klawth, -kloth, flohr-]
–noun, plural -cloths [-klawthz, -klothz, -klawths, -kloths] .
1. a cloth for washing or wiping floors.
2. a piece of cloth or the like, as crash, drugget, or linoleum, used with or without a carpet for covering a floor.
3. ground cloth.

Origin:
1740–50; floor + cloth
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floor·cloth also floor cloth   (flôr,'klôth', -klŏth', flōr'-)   
n.  A piece of heavy canvas that has been primed, decorated, and varnished and is used as a floor covering.
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