table napkin


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How to use table napkin in a sentence

  • She invited him with a coquettish gesture to be seated, and hung a table napkin over his coat, as she might to a child.

    The Precipice | Ivan Goncharov
  • He illustrates his meaning with his table napkin and by putting together the tips of his forefingers, roguishly.

    Three Plays by Granville-Barker | Harley Granville-Barker
  • O'Hara, with a charming readiness to oblige, suggested that shots should be exchanged across a table-napkin.

    Mated from the Morgue | John Augustus O'Shea
  • I handed it to him with a table-napkin (unused) and a pair of wire-cutters thrown in.

  • Last year, instead of the handkerchief, she kept a large table-napkin by her side when she was working.

    Eliza | Barry Pain