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Linen Thread, Fil Au Chinois, De Lin, French General Use Thread
This kind of linen thread is probably what your mother & grandmother had in thatdrawer in their kitchen: non-dyed, food safe, & used for tying a handle to a pudding form, for tying up the sunday roast or to tie up anything really that needed tying up....
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