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Definition of oshibori in US English:
oshibori
(also o-shibori, o shibori)
noun
At a Japanese meal: a small dampened towel for wiping the hands and face before eating. Also in extended use.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Zanesville (Ohio) Sunday Times Signal. From Japanese oshibori from o-, honorific prefix + -shibori, nominalized stem of shiboru to wring, squeeze.
