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tableclothy

tableclothy

English

Adjective

tableclothy (comparative more tableclothy, superlative most tableclothy)

  1. (informal) Resembling or typified by tablecloths.
    • 2004, Erica Munro, Guilty Feet (page 31)
      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, William Black, Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy (page 253)
      Rabbit meal number two was in the guidebooks' favourite restaurant, a serious, tableclothy sort of place, obviously proud of its three forks.