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baize
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Definition:a (typically) red or green feltlike material used for covering billiard and card tables
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Nino rapped on the green baize with his knuckles. "Chips," he said.
Mario Puzo. The Godfather, p.367 (1969)
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there were two small tables straight in front of him, each covered with green baize.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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And he asked her if she would not have some tea or coffee, whether it was a fine day, and with a good-natured smile, stroking the baize of the table, he inquired in a friendly voice who she was, where she had studied, and what she lived on.
Anton Chekhov. The Duel and Other Stories
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carpeted with red baize,
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
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