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doily

Noun

Meaning

A kind of woolen stuff.

A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room-but eventually, you learn to live with it. Jodi Picoult

It's been five years, we still can't catch Osama bin Laden, but we've nailed Martha Stewart and Barry Bonds' ass to the wall. The world's worst terrorist is still dragging his dialysis machine through a Pakistani strip mall right now, but the doily broad and the slugger prick won't bother us again. Christopher Titus

Antimacassars are the doily objects that lie patiently, waiting to spring, along the backs of sofas and chairs. Source: Internet

Place a sheet of wax paper or 4×4-inch cake doily on top of the styrofoam, around the dowel. Source: Internet

Lavinia sought a softness, as delicate as a Victorian lace doily, as sleek as a crystal vase and yet, dressed in leather with thick makeup and high heeled boots she appeared as tough a woman as Joseph had ever seen. Source: Internet

For a feminine touch emboss with the Petal Pairs embossing folders and add a delicate white doily and a Peekaboo Peach bow. Source: Internet

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