"jack towel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jack towels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} jack towel (plural jack towels)
  1. (now rare) A roller towel. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-jack_towel-en-noun--23X4mLI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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