hassock

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They then form a ring, and commence dancing round a hassock which is placed, end upwards, in the middle of the room.

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  1. noun A thick cushion used as a footstool or for kneeling.
  2. noun A dense clump of grass.

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  • So he sat down on the hassock, looking at the sofa, and at the silken green luxurious wool of Elya's own afghan he had slept under. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • The hassock was upholstered with packages of hundred-dollar bills. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • Watch as she flounces onto the hassock, next to her soldier who's found her out; she doesn't crumble at the news, she deflates gradually, with grace to spare. —  Houston Press | Complete Issue
  • We ended up using an ottoman, actually what used to be called a hassock. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • They then form a ring, and commence dancing round a hassock which is placed, end upwards, in the middle of the room. —  Games For All Occasions
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  1. Middle English hassok, clump of grass, from Old English hassuc.

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  1. from Middle English hassok, coarse grass, from Anglo-Saxon hassuc (once), a place where coarse grass grows, apparently (with termination accommodation to diminutive -uc, -ok, -ock) equivalent to the later (English) hask, from Welsh hesg, plural, sedge, rushes, hesgog, adjective, sedgy, = Cornish hescen, sedge, bulrush, = Irish seasg, seisg, sedge, perhaps = Anglo-Saxon secg, English sedge, q. v.
 

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