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Definition of Dishtowel
1. Noun. A towel for drying dishes.
Definition of Dishtowel
1. Noun. A cloth or towel used to dry dishes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dishtowel
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dishtowel
Literary usage of Dishtowel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Autumn (1921)
"And he stood still, the dishtowel in his hand, thinking of that wealthy ironmaster,
whose epitaph is said to read: Here lies a man who knew how to enlist in ..."
2. Contemporary One-act Plays of 1921. (American) by Frank Shay (1922)
"LAURA All right, if you love the garbage pail better than you do your wife, you
can live with it. (Flings her dishtowel on the floor and exit, ..."
3. Over Periscope Pond: Letters from Two American Girls in Paris, October 1916 by Esther Sayles Root, Marjorie Crocker (1918)
"Beau, my friend and protegee, with a dishtowel clutched in one hand, and five
francs extended in the other. The poor thing owed it to me, she said. ..."
4. Vision (1892)
"I wipe everything with a dishtowel, unless it might be the bottom of an iron kettle.
Anything else that gets blackened by the fire I scour with ashes, ..."
5. The Trans Canada Trail in Quebec by Yves Seguin, Jean Pare (2004)
"... spoons Small plastic dishes Plastic cups dishtowel Ecological steel wool
Respecting Mother Nature Those who follow the Trans Canada Trail in Quebec must ..."
6. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"He held it with a dishtowel, watching to not burn his hand on the heated metal.
The pan was new and still shiny, and would need many more breakfasts fried ..."
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