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DOILIES
DOILIES
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small mats, as of lace or paper, put under a
dish
, vase or the like, as a decoration or to protect a surface. Named
after
a 17th century draper (dealer in cloth and dry goods) whose name was Doily or Doyley.
—DMSMH Glossary (app. 14.7.90)