"show towel" meaning in English

See show towel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: show towels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} show towel (plural show towels)
  1. An ornamental towel used mainly for decoration rather than for drying.
    Sense id: en-show_towel-en-noun-EJn3he8T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for show towel meaning in English (0.6kB)

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