(UK, Irish, Canada) A table napkin, now especially a paper one.
1887, “A Member of the Aristocracy”, Manners and Rules of Good Society; Or Solecisms to Be Avoided, 1999 facsimile edition, Angus&Robertson, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ay8Db9hqk9MC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=%22serviette%22|%22servi…
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(obsolete) A lazy Susan.
: She should unfold her serviette and place it on her lap. It is immaterial whether she places the bread on the right or left-hand side of the cover when taking it from the serviette.
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