cloth diaper

English

Alternative forms

• cloth nappy (UK and Commonwealth)

Noun

cloth diaper (plural cloth diapers)

1. A reusable diaper made of thick, durable cloth materials.
   • 1951, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Mothers' Opinions of Fibers in Selected Items of Children's Clothing‎^[1], United States Department of Agriculture, page 21:

     All mothers with infants reported the use of a regular cloth diaper made of cotton, and all reported a preference for cloth diapers made of this fiber.

   • 1983 October 3, Bernice Kenner, “On Madison Avenue: The Bottom Line”, in New York‎^[2], volume 16, number 39, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20:

     Indeed, parents had always complained about the odious laundering, folding, and storing of cloth diapers.

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   • 2019 June 27, Anna Momigliano, “What I wish they'd told me before I started using cloth diapers”, in The Washington Post‎^[3]:

     I talked to a father in South Africa who had to give up cloth diapers because of a drought.