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tableclothy en · ADJ

Etymology

From tablecloth + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or typified by tablecloths.
   • Always an ambitious dresser, this morning she'd got herself up in her favourite grass-green poncho, which was a Paisley-printed wool tableclothy affair, edged with short, matted black fringes. 2004, Erica Munro, Guilty Feet, page 31:
   • Rabbit meal number two was in the guidebooks' favourite restaurant, a serious, tableclothy sort of place, obviously proud of its three forks. 2004, William Black, Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy, page 253:

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