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Word: washcloths (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...glass, and placed it mouth down in the drainer. She checked if there were any crumbs on the counter to attract ants and, finding a few by the toaster, brushed them with one hand into the other, and down the sink, after the milk. With a wet washcloth she erased a smear of jam she had noticed near the toaster. She switched off the counter lights and said, "I'm not drinking. I'm going...

Author: By Seth Kaplan, | Title: Adam and Eve in Connecticut | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

...Widow Dallas discovered when Mother Rose Kennedy asked her to deliver towels to Ted and three friends in the sauna. In the White House, John F. Kennedy once summoned her for an interview while he was soaking in the tub. "I was so uncomfortable that I took a washcloth off the rack and threw it to him to cover up. After all, he was the President of the United States!" Because she was "surrounded by the effeminate men who so often inhabit the world of rich women," Jacqueline Kennedy worried for a while about what traits "artistically inclined" John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 1, 1971 | 2/1/1971 | See Source »

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