noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a leather/denim/linen etc jacket
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a suede jacket
a linen cupboard British English (= for sheets and towels )
bed linen
linen cupboard
table linen
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clean
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Hygiene becomes a matter of social distinction: polite people always wear clean linen .
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No herbs, no clean linen , no water.
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Lily thought that clean linen once a week was simply disgusting.
fine
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Dinner is served at a candlelit table decked out in fine linen and porcelain.
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Dinner is taken in the elegant dining room accompanied by candlelight, fine linen , flowers and classical music.
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She was kneeling in front of a case of fine linen which Burun had brought for her from Kinsai.
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His fine linen shirt lent an air of truth to his words.
white
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Two maids were making up our nuptial bed, smoothing the white linen with their dark hands.
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There was a white linen napkin, and the silverware was of the finest quality.
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A comprehensive white linen napkin was tucked under his chin.
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A round table was covered with a white linen cloth and glistening silverware.
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She made his costume, cutting down a white linen shirt and fitting it tight up round the neck.
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If you lay a pen on the tablecloth, wonderful, heavy white linen , it is likely the pen will roll.
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As usual she was stunning, white linen jacket and trousers supremely casual and graceful.
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When she was in her forties she embroidered herself a fine white-on-\#white linen shroud.
■ NOUN
bed
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It was decided in 1983 that students would in future be required to provide their own bed linen and towels.
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Burun could hear her ordering the slaves to unpack the boxes of bed linen .
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Astor limed oak clock Bed linen Avignon White double duvet cover, from £69.99; filled pillowcase.
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The twice-soaked bed linen lights quickly, paraffin overcoming blood.
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Red notebook Bed linen Samba square dance double duvet cover; pillowcase.
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He has also chewed three torches, three combs, two hair brushes, and my bed linen .
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Relatives often have to provide non-medical care as well, and patients have to bring in their own blankets and bed linen .
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A floral chintz fabric is used at the windows and for the upholstered seat and valance under the white bed linen .
cloth
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The silver, Victorian and heavy to the hand, gleamed on the cream linen cloth .
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A round table was covered with a white linen cloth and glistening silverware.
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Athelstan called the girl back and small, fresh white loaves, wrapped in a linen cloth , were immediately served.
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At her feet were placed the linen cloths and veils which were used to collect her blood.
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New: meal service in Royal Class features sumptuous season specialties served in fine china and crisp linen cloths .
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Thérèse, armed with a thin red and white linen cloth , dried, polished, sorted.
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A linen cloth was draped over the young man's face.
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Soon the Belfast factory owners changed to making linen cloth .
jacket
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Carlo is wearing a large, double-breasted linen jacket and non-matching royal blue linen trousers over a slate-grey T-shirt and stone shirt.
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In the locker room, she takes off her beige linen jacket and talks strategy.
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Both were wearing grey flannel trousers and pale beige or fawn linen jackets .
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Wills catalog, a cropped white linen jacket sells for just $ 78.
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As usual she was stunning, white linen jacket and trousers supremely casual and graceful.
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She sighed as she folded Elise's cream linen jacket over her arm before making her way along the compartment.
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He returned this now, putting the bundle of notes in the inside pocket of the creased, off-white linen jacket .
napkin
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A comprehensive white linen napkin was tucked under his chin.
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There was a white linen napkin , and the silverware was of the finest quality.
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A footman came and did something deft with a spoon and a plate and a linen napkin .
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He was so fastidious that he invariably wiped his cutlery with eighteen linen napkins before every meal.
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I lean back in my chair and dab at dribbles of juice with a linen napkin .
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Add vinegar, salt and pepper, linen napkins and best glasses.
sheet
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Their skin taking on the pallor of death, is the same colour as the linen sheets .
shirt
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His face had turned a bluish-yellow and his stomach was swollen, straining against the thin linen shirt .
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She made his costume, cutting down a white linen shirt and fitting it tight up round the neck.
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Clothing included linen shirts , decorated caftans, aprons, stockings, and headdresses of felt and leather.
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They gave him a linen shirt to wear!
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His fine linen shirt lent an air of truth to his words.
suit
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Was this really Guido standing before her, looking unbearably handsome in a pale linen suit ?
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He had arrived from Minneapolis in a linen suit and had a bad case of the trots.
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I was dressed in a cream linen suit with a light grey silk blouse.
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In a light cream linen suit , cream silk shirt and gold striped tie, he was alarmingly attractive.
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I used to wear just shorts and shirt in the bush and needed to get a linen suit run up for tonight.
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He was wearing a perfect linen suit and was the epitome of taste.
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Isobel was laughing at something Edouard had just said; she was wearing a white linen suit , her green eyes sparkled.
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Carmichael wears his beloved white linen suit , this time with a yellow sweatshirt.
table
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Good table linen is also essential-to show off the food and add to the atmosphere.
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And hautecuisine served amid crisp table linen and sparkling glassware and china.
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You can use this appliqué cotton table linen year after year Full-length tablecloths always look sumptuous and extravagant.
tablecloth
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The rest was shrouded by a white linen tablecloth , which gave every appearance of being carefully arranged.
■ VERB
wear
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She was wearing a linen suit the colour of pale watercress soup, with the skirt cut just above the knee.
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She is wearing a linen blouse, trimmed with lace, and a full blue skirt that swings as she moves.
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The monks wore coarse linen habits which surely blended harmoniously with the surrounding natural tones.
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Hygiene becomes a matter of social distinction: polite people always wear clean linen .
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He was wearing a perfect linen suit and was the epitome of taste.
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He wore cream linen trousers and a pale yellow shirt that was definitely not off the peg.
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Isobel was laughing at something Edouard had just said; she was wearing a white linen suit, her green eyes sparkled.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
wash your dirty linen/laundry
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her whole stance challenged him, her long legs crossed, her linen skirt ending high on her bare thighs.
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In the locker room, she takes off her beige linen jacket and talks strategy.
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Lise Charmel paisley in linen and cotton with pleated satin inserts from the Sahara range.
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Matron was equally dignified, with a towering cap of white linen and a penetrating gaze.
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Missing parts of the paper were infilled and the map was finally mounted on archival linen .
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Their skin taking on the pallor of death, is the same colour as the linen sheets.
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Woven textile cloths are manufactured mainly from natural fibres such as cotton or linen although some have a proportion of man made fabrics.