pouffe

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I have also been looking for a pouffe or two to play board games on the floor around the coffee table, but at that price, I'll have to pass! grafxnerd on January 29th 2009 at 11: 27am view grafxnerd's

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  1. Anything rounded and soft. Especially— In dressmaking, material gathered up so as to produce a sort of knot or bunch for decorative effect. In upholstery, a cushion, or ottoman, made very soft with springs and stuffing.
  2. Double-pouffe ottoman. See ottoman.

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  • = PK, P stressed pirouét pis aller pêace állây pláteau, pláteaux plural pláttô, plátôz; in both, the second syllable is stressed in AmE poseur pô-zër pot-pourri pôpu-rêe pouf, pouffe, pouffet poùf, poùf, poùffay pour encourager les autres-literally, to encourage others; in fact, to deter others when making an example of someone poûroncoûràzhâylâyz-ôtr pourboire porbwàr pourparler porpàrlây pousse-café poosscaffây poussette prelude prelude première prémiãir prestige prést-êezh promenade prómenàde proneur prón-ër protégé prôtezhây —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • My dog has his own (very comfortable) bed in the bedroom and bean bag pouffe in the living room that I don't sit on - they are always his. —  Apartment Therapy Main
  • The inner tube isn't attached to the frame so the chair can be adjusted to the desired position of the sitter, or it can be taken off and placed on the ground to be used as a pouffe. —  INHABITAT
  • Giant puffball pouffe from recycled flip-flops koosh as a kid? —  Hippyshopper
  • If so, then this 'Miss Rio' ottoman (or 'pouffe' to some of us) will look weirdly familiar. —  Hippyshopper
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