Turkish towel

or turkish towel

noun

a thick cotton towel with a long nap usually composed of uncut loops.

Turkish towel

noun

a rough loose-piled towel; terry towel

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Turkish towel¹

First recorded in 1860–65

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On a recent winter day, baby green urchins, red bumpy “Turkish towel” seaweed and chunky white-frilled anemones hung out under the docks outside Friday Harbor Labs.

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He sat at Mar-a-Lago with a thick Turkish towel wrapped around his head, eyes squeezed shut, willing the thoughts to stop.

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We touched each other freely under our peshtemal, the small Turkish towels we were given.

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“It was, like, our little joke, at first. I put the Turkish towel on him; he’d kick it off and run back in and sing it some more,” Ray added.

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Dry off with Mayde’s tasseled Turkish towel, which can double as a wrap when the wind picks up.

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Turkish tobacco Turkish Van

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