pillows

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  1. noun A cloth case, stuffed with something soft, such as down, feathers, or foam rubber, used to cushion the head, especially during sleep.
  2. noun A decorative cushion.
  3. noun The pad on which bobbin lace is made.

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  • I am going to order some more pillows, they are things that we need very much. —  'My Beloved Poilus'
  • Are they bringing our coffee When Euphrosyne came out from placing her grandfather's pillows, and bidding him good-night, she found Pierre lingering about, as if wanting to speak to her Have you anything to say to me. —  The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
  • The dispraise hurt her Fix my pillows, and put me down. —  A Little Girl in Old Quebec
  • The little face among the pillows was no longer rosy and round; blue veins showed at the temples, the lips were colorless, the eyes hollow; the hands, once so brown and strong, were thin and waxy-white; the whole body lay inert,--lifeless, it seemed; and a pang of fear gripped the gentle heart brooding so tenderly over the poor wrecked life Are you asleep, darling?" —  Heart of Gold
  • Sneaking to the foot of the bed, Israel suddenly flashed his lantern full upon the pillows--upon the two pale, deep-seamed faces crowned with silver hair The woman sat up with a piercing scream. —  Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day
 

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