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nap⋅kin

  [nap-kin]
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–noun
1. a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, for use in wiping the lips and fingers and to protect the clothes while eating.
2. sanitary napkin.
3. Chiefly British. a diaper.
4. Scot. and North England. a handkerchief.
5. Scot. a kerchief or neckerchief.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME, equiv. to nape tablecloth (< MF nappe < L mappa napkin) + -kin; cf. map
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nap·kin   (nāp'kĭn)   
n.  
  1. A piece of cloth or absorbent paper used at table to protect the clothes or wipe the lips and fingers.
  2. A cloth or towel.
  3. A sanitary napkin.
  4. Chiefly British A diaper.

[Middle English : Old French nape, nappe, tablecloth; see nappe + -kin, -kin.]
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