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Household linen   /hˈaʊshˌoʊld lˈɪnən/   Listen
Household linen

noun
1.
Drygoods for household use that are typically made of white cloth.  Synonym: white goods.






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"Household linen" Quotes from Famous Books



... round of duty, hoping that by this generous conduct she might sooner or later win back her husband's love. But it was not so. When Sommervieux, fired with work, came in from his studio, Augustine did not put away her work so quickly but that the painter might find his wife mending the household linen, and his own, with all the care of a good housewife. She supplied generously and without a murmur the money needed for his lavishness; but in her anxiety to husband her dear Theodore's fortune, she was strictly economical for herself and in certain details of domestic management. ...
— At the Sign of the Cat and Racket • Honore de Balzac

... last solemn obsequies had been rendered to the Prince was to provide for the immediate wants of his family. For the man who had gone into the revolt with almost royal revenues, left his estate so embarrassed that his carpets, tapestries, household linen—nay, even his silver spoons, and the very clothes of his wardrobe were disposed of at auction for the benefit of his creditors. He left eleven children—a son and daughter by the first wife, a son and daughter by Anna of Saxony, six daughters by Charlotte of ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley



Words linked to "Household linen" :   wash, drygoods, ironing, washables, laundry, linen, soft goods, white goods, washing



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