Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
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Linen
/ˈlɪnɪn/
Synonyms for "linen" (118 found)
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9 entriesbed linenlinen closetlinen clothlinen fabriclinen napkinlinen sheetlinen shirtlinen tableclothtable linen
Inflections
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2 entrieslinen clothlinen fabric
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Let's not wash our dirty linen in public.
Source: tatoeba (65527)
Only a poor man knows what such a passion costs in cab-hire, gloves, linen, tailor's bills, and the like. If the Platonic stage lasts a little too long, the affair grows ruinous.
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The bed linen changes every week.
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