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What does linen mean?
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linen

Linen is a material that some cloth is made of. It comes from the flax plant, and in the past, bed sheets were often made from it, before cotton was used. This shirt is made of linen. Linens are something made from linen, especially bed sheets. Would you like to change the linens on your bed?

linen

a fabric woven with fibers from the flax plant a high-quality paper made of linen fibers or with a linen finish white goods or clothing made with linen cloth

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Simple sentences

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Let's not wash our dirty linen in public.
Do not wash your dirty linen in public.
The bed linen changes every week.
He gave me a half dozen linen handkerchiefs.
If you declutter your linen closet, you get rid of lots of things that you don't need.
The heavy oak tables were covered with snow-white linen.
A maid came in to comb out her long hair, and brought the finest linen for her use.
I am rinsing the linen.
I bought a set of table linen.
When the Tsar saw the linen he was struck with astonishment at its fineness and beauty.
I want to buy a new bed linen.
This towel is made of pure linen.

Movie subtitles

Bring up some clean sheets out of the linen closet.
Where's the linen go?
Now here's a perfectly plain linen handkerchief.
I often think of those days we worked in the linen shop.
And as for that linen on the beds, it's so coarse, I scratched all night.
A pretty scene, half the island crowding into the courtroom. to watch our dirty linen get a public scrubbing.
We've forgotten the linen cupboard.
I take it that the supply of linen at this institution is inexhaustible!
Soiled linen.
I saw my draper. He showed me some exquisite linen. It is grey, with some blue undertones.
They're all sheets, six of them. They're linen and cotton.
Those linen cheeks of thine are counsellors to fear.
A white linen suit.
White linen?
Yes. Go fetch your best linen.
And some clean linen.
I'll get you some linen.
If you will notice, sir, all my charts are drawn on the very best parchment. and mounted on the finest linen.
But I won't wash dirty linen here.
Naturally, one doesn't go to the Mediterranean without a change of linen.
As an American citizen, I feel it more modest not to use my title except on all my personal linen.
Under the pile of linen.
Where's the linen go? - In the closet.
Babies' linen drying like tiny flags and pendants, floating merrily, nothing out of the ordinary, saluting a small nation, a nation of little ones, of children.
Fine pleated linen. And his initials on them, too. Initials.
We'll let the linen room go until this afternoon.
They're made of linen and cotton.
It's more like freshly laundered linen handkerchiefs, like a brand-new automobile.
How, then, if the bandage on the shoulder of his shield arm were of fine linen and if the linen were fastened with a golden pin?
Her linen is clean.
And that linen kimono she used to wear in summer?
Did you see the Linen closet?

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