Serviette

A serviette is a paper napkin Alice Band … why would you think it’s a sanitary towel?! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Perhaps Cook could still be successfully de-poshed, taught to say the word "serviette" and to look a bit less like a Back to the Future-style preview of Prince William and Kate Middleton's louche ski-holidaying middle son. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The barista immediately whipped up the suggestion of a croissant, and I was proud to understand when the madam asked for a "serviette". ❋ Unknown (2004)

A creature who can't even stand people who say "serviette" instead of "table-napkin"! ' ❋ Unknown (1907)

I chewed my lip and did nervous origami with the serviette, folding it into the shape of Brazil. ❋ Sally Houtman (2012)

I wiped my hands on the serviette, being careful to avoid São Paulo, then shuffled through the pile. ❋ Sally Houtman (2012)

He carefully tucked a linen serviette under his chin to catch any falling bits of flaky pastry. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

And I think we should have also have a blogparty so please ask a grown-up if you can come and then we'll play musical blog chairs and musical statues and probably do a round of pass the parcel and at the end of all that we'll have jelly and ice cream, and then we'll blow out the candles and if there's any cake left you can all take some home wrapped in a serviette. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Lana tipped a handful of ice into a cotton serviette. ❋ Malla Nunn (2010)

On the principle that the exquisite should be within everyone ' s reach, Ms. Jenkins provides recipes for old-fashioned Florentine gelato and truffes à la serviette, as well as instructions on how to assemble a Victorian optical-illusion toy called a thaumatrope. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I refrained from asking to see the tricolour packaging, but as the moment drew near and I adjusted my serviette tucked into my shirt collar, Mrs. Pal appeared at the dining room door and quietly mumbled that she'd just realised that there was in fact no Bird's Custard in the Pal Pantry. ❋ Peter Ashley (2008)

Le cerceau en plastique, symbole des années 1960, qui fait la taille en rond de serviette et les abdominaux en acier, réapparaît dans le vestiaire des filles. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Peter Jones would be a frumpy Sloane, interbred to the point of John Merrickdom, who regards being fashion-conscious as a heinous social giveaway akin to owning a set of fish knives or calling a napkin a serviette. ❋ Juliette (2009)