Huckaback

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of coarse, absorbent cotton or linen fabric used for making towels. countable, uncountable

    ""Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop."

  2. 2
    toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric wordnet

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""Say I can't dress a window, you thundering old Humbug," he said, and hurled the huckaback at his master. He followed this up by pitching first a blanket, then an armful of silesia, then a window support out of the window into the shop."

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