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  • noun Plural form of linoleum.

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Examples

  • He had no one to use the electric vacuum cleaner on his linoleums and tapestries.

    Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope

  • We do not advise the purchase of the linoleums which represent inlaid floors, as they are invariably unsuccessful imitations.

    The Art of Interior Decoration Grace Wood

  • Love-making must be managed at odd moments; Billy snatched a kiss when the man who was selling them linoleums turned his back for a moment; Susan offered him another as she demurely flourished the coffee-pot, in the deep recesses of a hardware shop.

    Saturday's Child Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

  • There were fresh mattings and linoleums on the floors, and the home-made furniture now boasted, where necessary, curtains of chintz or cretonne, that matched its colouring.

    Back to Billabong Mary Grant Bruce 1918

  • She became the Lady Bountiful of the bathtubs and linoleums, of the frivolous lay pictures and the autumn shaded lamps, and she wrote impudently to

    Jane Journeys On Ruth Comfort Mitchell 1918

  • "It was from this very mosaic that the American linoleums were originally designed."

    The Lure of the Mask Harold MacGrath 1901

  • We have discussed carpeting, and today we want to talk about other floorings, specifically laminates and linoleums.

    RNews - TOP STORIES 2008

  • We have discussed carpeting, and today we want to talk about other floorings, specifically laminates and linoleums.

    RNews - TOP STORIES 2008

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