torchon

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French torchon

Noun

torchon (countable and uncountable, plural torchons)

  1. A coarse, loose-textured bobbin lace

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French

Etymology

From torche +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

Noun

torchon m (plural torchons)

  1. tea towel
    • 2001, Michel Houellebecq, Plateforme, chap. 10
      Il y avait également deux Arabes isolés, à la nationalité indéfinissable - leur crâne était entouré de cette espèce de torchon de cuisine auquel on reconnaît Yasser Arafat dans ses apparitions télévisées
      — There were also a couple of lone Arabs of indeterminate nationality, ... in the sort of tea towel you see Yasser Arafat wearing when he’s on television.

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