Sunday Rest: doily. Word Not To Use Today.

 I used to treasure doilys when I was small. You could make fairy-dresses for your dolls out of the paper ones.

Mostly, though, paper doilys remind me of Church Teas and their smell of dry rot, damp carpets, and gentle, determined, despair.

The fabric ones, on the other hand, remind me of hopeless visits to decaying relatives:

You can also write this word doyley or doyly. 

Though, obviously, I wish you wouldn't.

Sunday Rest: doily. Mr Doily was a draper in London in the 1700s.

There are happier uses for doilys:

By Runner1928 - Own work (Runner1928) March 24, 2005, Wakefield, England.

and if I were queen, I'd probably like them more.