Doyley

Word DOYLEY
Character 6
Hyphenation doyley
Pronunciations N/A

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When the fruit napkin is brought he takes it from the glass plate on which it is laid, and either places it at his right hand or across his knee, and the "illuminated rag," as some wit called the little embroidered doyley, which is not meant for use, is, after having been examined and admired, laid on the table, beside the finger-bowl. ❋ Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood (N/A)

Bloom bent leopold ear, turning a fringe of doyley down under the vase. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Each person at once removes the bowl and doyley to make ready for whatever is to be put on the plate. ❋ Agnes H. Morton (N/A)

Embroidered with quaint designs, these little three-inch things are very ornamental; but the real and serviceable doyley should not be forgotten, and may be laid either beside or over the top of the finger-bowl. ❋ Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood (N/A)

Serve in individual saucers with a small doyley under. ❋ Various (N/A)

“Some rather doubtful sandwiches,” said Barney, unwrapping them from the lace paper doyley off a plate. ❋ Brand, Christianna, 1907-1988 (1948)

How _can_ a legal contract be like a doyley on the back of a chair? ❋ Rose Macaulay (1919)

She was carrying very carefully a little tray covered with a snow-white doyley, and on it were a glass of milk and a plate of mulberries. ❋ Ethel Sybil Turner (1915)

I will not discuss the word in its Africanese dialect; but I take the noble red man — whose totem is his household god; and in this sense, in this connection, let the doyley be revered, as your husband would say, totus atque rotundus. ❋ Unknown (1909)

Browers, 199/663; _brower_ must be a napkin or doyley. ❋ Frederick James Furnivall (1867)

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