doyley
Americannoun
plural
doyleysnoun
Example Sentences
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How can a legal contract be like a doyley on the back of a chair?
From Dangerous Ages by Macaulay, Rose, Dame
Each person at once removes the bowl and doyley to make ready for whatever is to be put on the plate.
From Etiquette by Morton, Agnes H.
Bloom bent leopold ear, turning a fringe of doyley down under the vase.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
The constable looked grave, too, when he saw the knife and the doyley.
From The Carroll Girls by Quiller-Couch, Mabel
If the finger-glass and doyley are placed on your dessert-plate, you should immediately remove the doyley to the left of your plate, and place the finger-glass upon it.
From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George
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