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/nˈæpkɪn/ Listen

noun

Napkin n.

A little towel, made of cloth or paper, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.

A handkerchief. (Obs.)

Napkin pattern. See Linen scroll, under Linen. Napkin ring, a ring of metal, ivory, or other material, used to inclose a table napkin.

paper napkin, a napkin made of paper, intended to be disposed of after use.

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Etymology of 'Napkin'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Napkin" Quotes from Famous Books

... the open archway into the parlour, a girl of fifteen appeared, a pretty girl with blue eyes and brown hair, a shabby but fresh little shirtwaist belted by a shabby but clean white skirt, and a napkin dangling from ...

— Harriet and the Piper - (Norris Volume XI) • Kathleen Norris

... upon the issue uppermost in his mind; but his loyalty to her was doglike, and once he found that his pet topic was tabooed, he lapsed into a good-natured contemplation of his finger-nails, which he polished industriously with his napkin. ...

— The Silver Horde • Rex Beach

... were trout from the river, and luscious strawberries and cream; but I know that the dinner seemed perfect, and that the head waiter, a delightful person, brought us champagne, with a long-handled saucepan wrapped in an immaculate napkin, to do duty as an ice-pail. I wondered why I had not come long ago to this place, named in honour of Augustus Caesar, and why everybody else did not come. The ex-Brat was in the game frame of mind. We talked of more things than are dreamed of in philosophy—(other people's philosophy)—and there ...

— The Princess Passes • Alice Muriel Williamson and Charles Norris Williamson

... two men entered the restaurant and strolled towards the table next to that at which Valentine and Julian sat. One of them knew Julian and nodded as he passed. He was just on the point of sitting down and unfolding his napkin when a sudden thought seemed to strike him, and he came over ...

— Flames • Robert Smythe Hichens

... dress,' said the Countess to the trembling John, carefully abstaining from approaching the gravy-sprinkled spot on the floor with her own lilac silk. But Mr. Bridmain, who had a strictly private interest in silks, good-naturedly jumped up and applied his napkin at once to Mrs. ...

— Scenes of Clerical Life • George Eliot

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