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A crocheted or knitted ornamental mat

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Usage examples (6)
  • Until then, most women wore hats or scarves - or that doilie thingie.
  • And I don't know if you have her needle point work, too, but she's talking about that, things on a table or a doilie or something.
  • It´s funny, just this christmas I bought a jar with a doilie around it, thinking “Hmm, will everyone think I´m a granny now?” but really, who cares!
  • The little plates with a Stratford on Avon scene are on top of a cut glass plate with a silver doilie below it.
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