Meanings
comparative more tableclothy · superlative most tableclothy
- informalResembling or typified by tablecloths.
Rabbit meal number two was in the guidebooks' favourite restaurant, a serious, tableclothy sort of place, obviously proud of its three forks.
2004, William Black, Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy, page 2531 more example
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, Erica Munro, Guilty Feet, page 31
Origin
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tableclothy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tableclothy
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