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towel

/ˈtaʊ̯əl/ noun A1
  1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. · He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.

Plural towels

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Anne rose to her feet, with clasped hands, the tears still glistening on her cheeks; the dish towel she had been hemming slipped unheeded to the floor.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 81 · C1
“With pleasure,” she answered, and brought a towel at once.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 120 · B2
Then the Tin Woodman wept for several minutes, and she watched the tears carefully and wiped them away with the towel.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 120 · B2
One towel passed round the throat and was secured at the back of the pillar.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 196 · C1

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