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Find out if your favorite neighborhood spot or white-tablecloth restaurant is participating at RestaurantWeekNewOrleans.com.
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And the San Antonio Express-News gave it the kind of three-star review (full disclosure: written by yours truly) reserved for white-tablecloth bistros with waiters and wine lists.
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The restaurant swaps out checkered tablecloths for sleek blond wood; in the place of hefty, coma-inducing portions of chicken parmigiana are lighter, more modern takes on the classics.
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The judge wore a black tablecloth as a robe and swiveled back and forth in his brown leather chair.
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Ten years ago, diners in north Tarrant County pleaded for a white-tablecloth restaurant with fresh garden vegetables and herbs.
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Seriously, not a single tablecloth or picture frame is out of place.
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My tray was quickly covered with a cloth napkin - the white tablecloth of the skies.
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Once upstairs, dark leather banquettes and gray tablecloths offset panoramic views of the marble-and-stone city that extends below.
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First Known Use of tablecloth
15th century
TABLECLOTH Defined for English Language Learners
tablecloth
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noun
Definition of tablecloth for English Language Learners
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: a cloth that is placed on a table before other objects are placed on it
TABLECLOTH Defined for Kids
tablecloth
play
noun
ta·ble·cloth
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ˈtā-bəl-ˌklȯth
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Definition of tablecloth for Students
:a covering spread over a dining table before the places are set
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