"torchon" meaning in French

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          "word": "au torchon"
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          "word": "mélanger les torchons et les serviettes"
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          "word": "papier torchon"
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          "english": "— There were also a couple of lone Arabs of indeterminate nationality, ... in the sort of tea towel you see Yasser Arafat wearing when he’s on television.",
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          "text": "Il y avait également deux Arabes isolés, à la nationalité indéfinissable - leur crâne était entouré de cette espèce de torchon de cuisine auquel on reconnaît Yasser Arafat dans ses apparitions télévisées",
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        "tea towel"
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