doilies

Variant of doily

doily definition

doily (do̵i′lē)

noun pl. doilies -·lies

  1. a small napkin
  2. a small mat, as of lace or paper, put under a dish, vase, or the like, as a decoration or to protect a surface

Etymology: after a 17th-c. London draper named Doily or Doyley

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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