Definition of "serviette" []

• Chiefly British A table napkin. (noun)

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• "A serviette is a paper napkin Alice Band … why would you think it’s a sanitary towel?!"
• "Perhaps Cook could still be successfully de-poshed, taught to say the word "serviette" and to look a bit less like a Back to the Future-style preview of Prince William and Kate Middleton's louche ski-holidaying middle son."
• "The barista immediately whipped up the suggestion of a croissant, and I was proud to understand when the madam asked for a "serviette"."