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cheese⋅cloth
[cheez-klawth, -kloth] 
–noun
| a lightweight cotton fabric of open texture. |
Also called, especially British, butter muslin.
Origin:
1650–60; so called because first used to wrap cheese
1650–60; so called because first used to wrap cheese
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| cheese·cloth (chēz'klôth', -klŏth') n. A coarse, loosely woven cotton gauze, originally used for wrapping cheese. |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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