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nap·kin (nap′kin)

noun

  1. a small piece of cloth or paper, usually square, used while eating for protecting the clothes and wiping the fingers or lips
  2. any small cloth, towel, etc.; esp.,
    1. Brit. a diaper
    2. Brit., Dialectal a handkerchief
    3. Scot. a kerchief or neckerchief
    4. sanitary napkin

Etymology: ME nappekyn, dim. < OFr nappe, cloth, tablecloth < L mappa: see map

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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