pillowcase

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  1. noun A removable covering for a pillow. Also called pillowslip.

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  • Wow. After I made the bed with the fresh sheet, pillowcase, and blanket, I joined Mother darling and Cory, who were eating take-out Chinese Cory had had delivered. —  VC Andrews - Broken Wings
  • Ivana tucked the neck of her pillowcase, awkwardly, over her arm. —  FSF,January2007
  • He tossed the crumpled pillowcase, and turned away to reach for the other pillow before waiting to see if Dan had caught it or not. —  Lemons Never Lie by Richard Stark
  • The pillowcase, filled with most of her collection and shoved under her bed, is missing. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 06 - December 2006
  • Her face was the color of a dirty pillowcase, and the corners of her mouth glistened with wet, which inched like a glacier down the deep grooves enclosing her chin. —  To Kill A Mockingbird
 

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