Napkinette

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small napkin.; A small diaper.

    "Patent napkinettes have been discontinued in the hospital, as it was estimated that their cost was ₤300 yearly."

  2. 2
    A small napkin.; A small serviette.

    "1978, Sophy Burnham, “On Power” in The Landed Gentry, New York: Putnam, p. 289, so smug and proud in their Lacoste shirts, with their gin and tonics set on little napkinettes before them"

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"Patent napkinettes have been discontinued in the hospital, as it was estimated that their cost was ₤300 yearly."

Etymology

From napkin + -ette.

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