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  • noun Plural form of pouf.

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Examples

  • Designer Mimi Tin is the brain behind Sushiami, a line of child-sized sushi shaped ottomans called poufs and their plushie mascots, Brooke and Sydney.

    Toy Fair: Plushies - Pink Raygun.com 2010

  • Hats like those top two always remind me of the cellophane "poufs" that stores use to cover the ugly plastic pots of poinsettias, easter lilies, etc....

    Hats off to Pam - A Dress A Day 2006

  • But the studio where one poses might be in Paris or Pontoise; the self-same chair in "old oak," the same faded "poufs," plaster columns, and pasteboard rocks.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • But the studio where one poses might be in Paris or Pontoise; the self-same chair in "old oak," the same faded "poufs," plaster columns, and pasteboard rocks.

    Madame Chrysantheme — Complete Pierre Loti 1886

  • But the studio where one sits might be in Paris or Pontoise; the self-same chair in "old oak," the same faded "poufs," plaster columns and pasteboard rocks.

    Madame Chrysantheme Pierre Loti 1886

  • "poufs" were worn to enlarge the dress on the hips at the side.

    Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875

  • Mr. Mauriac was waiting for the spring to launch his new orange collection of shaved rabbit and vintage salmon cushions (from €134), throws (€799) and cowhair poufs (€972), but felt the public needed brightening now.

    Design With a Je Ne Sais Quoi Helen Kirwan-Taylor 2011

  • Ms. Tang, seated amid the backdrop of Poang reading chairs and Vreta poufs, sips coffee and says she is grateful to have such a meeting place.

    In China, IKEA Is a Swede Place for Senior Romance, Relaxation Laurie Burkitt 2011

  • The husband-and-wife team also make poufs, lights and all sorts of surreal objects using needlepoint remnants uncovered in antique stores.

    Romancing the Home Helen Kirwan-Taylor 2011

  • These cuddly hand knit woolen poufs were one of the first things to catch our eye on opening day of Salone Internazionale del Mobile.

    Antonia Halse | Inhabitat 2009

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