A paper doily is added to the square cake on the right. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-08-01] Reference
A small round doily is pasted down, and roses are cut from a seed catalog. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship Letter Book] Reference
Then, the doily is folded on each side, making it look like a lace holder. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship Letter Book] Reference
The brandy, not the 400 post commemorative doily, that is. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Ladies Lounge] Reference
Ooh, your doily is lovely!. From Wordnik.com. [New Project -- Liv] Reference
Gwen maintains that "doily" is perfectly legitimate. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
The tray should be covered with a napkin or doily. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools] Reference
A dark, bloody mass, obscene against a white doily. From Wordnik.com. [While Other People Sleep]
Why are biscuits sometimes served on a napkin or doily?. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
The tray should be spread with a clean napkin or doily. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
A dainty picot braid follows the outer edge of the doily. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
Never underestimate the importance of a well-placed doily. From Wordnik.com. ['The Old Settler' at Atlas creates a time, a place and strong characters] Reference
The back of her head was resting on a white embroidered doily. From Wordnik.com. [The Joy Luck Club]
TIRED Ugly design resembles a bar of soap crossed with a doily. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
As represented this doily is about three-fourths of its actual size. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
This dainty doily may be made of the point lace braids illustrated at. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Modern Lace Making] Reference
He jerked a doily from the chair and strode toward the open window. From Wordnik.com. [Firestorm]
A bowl half-full of water is placed upon a plate covered with a doily. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
Crozier notices that the lace doily on the table has yellowed with age. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
In the case of a contagious disease, a paper napkin or doily may be used. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
My Hikhoff sat on a dresser, on top of a doily, and he too seemed serene. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]
KING: Yes, but you go to a football game, and you make them a doily, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2001] Reference
His wild eyes searched the room and fixed on the doily under the nightlamp. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
She took the doily off the plate, on which sat four small pieces of pastry. From Wordnik.com. [Garden of Beasts]
I am going to have my wife needlepoint that into a doily for my coffee table!!. From Wordnik.com. [Coleman Camp: The Missing Ballots Don't Exist; Officials: Yes, They Do] Reference
Remove the glass and doily; put it in front of your plate a little to the right. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference
They should be placed on plates, with a doily between the plate and finger bowl. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
It fell off the doily (a doily! on the Steinway!) and into her large leather bag. From Wordnik.com. ['The Piano Teacher'] Reference
Robinson didn't own furniture and had never bothered to supply so much as a doily. From Wordnik.com. [Alone]
We did a thing on the Web site where we asked the question, we put a doily around his neck. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 21, 2007] Reference
A monogrammed silver-backed hairbrush and matching comb sat atop a lace doily on the dresser. From Wordnik.com. [Death on the River Walk]
"It is right and if you tell I'll cut off all your hair and tat it into a doily and burn it.". From Wordnik.com. [Alvin Journeyman]
She touched the table top, ran her fingers over the smooth wood to the Irish Lace center doily. From Wordnik.com. [High Definitions] Reference
A quick glance showed that a doily taken from his old room remained crumpled in the back corner. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
She accepted two cookies on a doily-topped china plate and sipped the coffee, planning her exit. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
In the corner of the room is a television, crowned by a doily and a vase of tissue paper flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
Guests slightly more important saw with gratification that the teacups were placed on a lace doily. From Wordnik.com. [Poland]
Then the finger bowl and doily are set aside as at breakfast and the dessert served on the same plate. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
I don't think those doily-laced headbands are going to catch on other than for tying your garbage bags. From Wordnik.com. [Ken Levine: American Idol Season 9 Premiere] Reference
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