Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
- noun A cloth for washing the face; a wash-cloth.
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Examples
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She wiped it with tissue, soaked in Dettol, the antiseptic her mother sent regularly from Secunderabad, then round Rite Aid cottonwool pads she kept for her nails, then a soft white face-cloth.
For the Sake of the Boy Ramola D 2011
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The room itself was so bare& dismal; & Dad's petrified hairless thighs, his old-man's balls covered in a face-cloth, his hands.
Young Skin 2009
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I got so fed up with it hurting that I soaked a face-cloth in boiling water, waited it for it to cool enough to put onto my skin and left it on my blocked nipple for about twenty minutes.
bumpsadaisy Diary Entry bumpsadaisy 2007
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On the edge of the bath, balanced on an old white face-cloth, was a large bar of carbolic soap.
Tears Of The Giraffe Smith, Alexander McCall, 1948- 2000
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Ermina stood motionless by the trestles a long time, and then herself laid the white linen face-cloth back over the delicate face.
The Virgin In The Ice Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1982
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But at that time he was already provided with the leper cloak, and a face-cloth to hide his face, and behaved altogether conformably with the others.
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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At first I did not know who he was, nor could I always single him out from others of our flock, for he wore the face-cloth.
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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He plucked away the face-cloth, and uncovered the awful visage left to him, almost lipless, one cheek shrunken away, the nostrils eaten into great, discoloured holes, a face in which only the live and brilliant eyes recalled the paladin of Jerusalem and Ascalon.
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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He plucked away the face-cloth, and uncovered the awful visage left to him, almost lipless, one cheek shrunken away, the nostrils eaten into great, discoloured holes, a face in which only the live and brilliant eyes recalled the paladin of Jerusalem and Ascalon.
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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"Alive or dead?" asked the slow, calm voice of Lazarus from behind the faded blue face-cloth.
The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981
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