Cloth - Mop

Japanese: 雑巾 - ぞうきん
Cloth - Mop
〘 noun 〙 A cloth used to clean dirty parts of floorboards, furniture, and other furnishings, and to wipe off dirt from feet and other parts. Usually, several pieces of used cotton cloth are layered and sewn together. ※Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (Muromachi period) "Zaukin" ※Ukiyo-zoshi Koshoku Ichidai Otoko (1682) 2 "I wiped it down so roughly that my clothes became like a rag "

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Japanese:
〘名〙 床板、家具、調度品などの汚れた部分をふき清めたり、足などの汚れをふき取ったりするための布。ふつう使い古しの綿布などを数枚かさねて縫ったものを用いる。※文明本節用集(室町中)「浄巾 ザウキン」※浮世草子・好色一代男(1682)二「いつとなくざん切になでつけ、衣は雑巾(サウキン)となり」

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