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On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:55:07 -0400, wrote:

>On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 10:31:57 -0500, S Viemeister
> wrote:
>
>>On 1/29/2018 9:31 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>>
>>> I have never heard of that. We always called them 'towels'.
>>>
>>> Have we ever called them 'diapers'?
>>>
>>I've never heard sanitary towels called diapers.
>
>There was the colloquial 'rag' -

Because originally it was literally a rag, that's what became of worn
cotton/linen bedding.... torn into long strips and folded over several
times and held in place with a belt made for the purpose.