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dwile

dwile noun: a cloth for wiping or cleaning.

Noun

dwile (plural dwiles)

  1. (archaic) A cloth for wiping or cleaning.
    • For sixpence in that small nice inn, I had a glass of ale, my boots cleaned, and the excrescences cut off, my clothes wiped with a dwile, and then passed over with a brush, and was myself thanked over and over again.1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales
  2. The beer-soaked cloth thrown in the game of dwile flonking.

Forms of dwile

pluraldwiles
alternative formdwyle

Origin of dwile

From Dutch dweil (“floorcloth”).

Phrases with dwile

Questions about dwile

What does dwile mean?
Dwile means a cloth for wiping or cleaning.
What part of speech is dwile?
Dwile is a noun.
What is the plural of dwile?
The plural of dwile is dwiles.

Words near dwile in the dictionary

  1. dwi-
  2. Dwight
  3. Dwight Schrute
  4. Dwight-Lloyd
  5. Dwight-Lloyds
  6. dwile
  7. dwile flonking
  8. dwile flunking
  9. dwiles
  10. DWIM
  11. dwimmer

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