"shop towel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shop towels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shop towel (plural shop towels)
  1. A strong paper towel.
    Sense id: en-shop_towel-en-noun-dinR2kBR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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