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floor one could eat off en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) An extremely clean floor.
    • The soot-pervaded smoke from it had turned the walls and ceiling completely black so we had a black-walled kitchen, but with a floor you could eat off. 2022, Sharon Maas, The Girl from Lamaha Street:
    • Cinnamon went on a tear to get the house ready […] As it stands she has an empty room with a floor you could eat off and a mess of aches and pains, but she's determined to finish up today. 2023, Christine Pride, Jo Piazza, You Were Always Mine, page 195:

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