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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French torchon.
Noun
torchon (countable and uncountable, plural torchons)
- A coarse, loose-textured bobbin lace
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French
Etymology
From torche + -on.
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Noun
torchon m (plural torchons)
- tea towel
- Synonym: essuie
2001, Michel Houellebecq, chapter 10, in Plateforme: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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