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face flannel


flannel for washing your face (and rest of body): We have a matching set of face flannel, towel and bath mat.

Contributor's comments: I'm from SA as well but never used "face flannel" it was always just a "flannel".

Contributor's comments: Also used in Tasmania but not as common as "face-washer".

Contributor's comments: We called 'em facewashers in Adelaide.

Contributor's comments: Definitely used at boarding school in North Queensland, but more usually it is a "washer".

Contributor's comments: Used in Melbourne 1950s/1960s as well, but more or less equally with "face washer".

Contributor's comments: In Newcastle we called this a washer.

Contributor's comments: In Tasmania it is usually called a washer or face-cloth.

Contributor's comments: In Adelaide, the words Facewasher and Flannel are commonly used. I have never seen nor heard the term 'Face Flannel' until I read it here tonight. In response to another contributor, I expect that manufacturers used to use different terms in different states, although there may be more standardisation now that management and purchasing for retail chains is more centralised.

Contributor's comments: We called it a 'face washer' in middle class Melbourne in the 60's. I never heard 'flannel'.

Contributor's comments: flannel is used in my family, my mother's family, who are poms, introduced it as the rest of my father's family called it a face washer and all of my Aussie friends called it that as well (from Brisbane)

Contributor's comments: In rural SE South Australia it was and still is called a Flannel or Face Flannel for the posh!

Contributor's comments: We called them 'flannels' in Melbourne 1940s / 1050s.

Contributor's comments: We definitely used Face Flannel in Perth. I don't remember hearing it called anything else there.