post #2610092
Basically what should we call this. I have found and used rag but also dustcloth and wash cloth. It is also sometimes tagged with cloth, handkerchief or towel. Put it on a stick and it is tagged with duster. Often it is not tagged at all: post #1898660 post #2455932.

Any suggestions which tag to use and is there some distinction Im missing?

If no one objects I will just start changing all of them to rag then. It seems to encompass them all.

ion288 said:

If no one objects I will just start changing all of them to rag then. It seems to encompass them all.

Sounds fine.

No problem getting rid of dustcloth. Some cases fit our definition of rag, such as post #663835, but others should be tagged with duster, like post #1022111 or post #1044474.

A wash cloth is used to wash people, whereas a rag is used on objects. It needs some gardening, but I think it's worth keeping wash cloth for things like post #2413533 or post #236743. I would never describe those as rags.

That's fine in general but as with wash cloth I should also not like to see various towels lumped in to a rag tag, as with the aforementioned dishcloth (e.g. post #2137).