napkin ring

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   a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin

   Broaderhoop

Questions about napkin ring

What does napkin ring mean?

napkin ring means "a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin".

Is napkin ring a common word?

napkin ring is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.