palliasse
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /pælˈjɑːs/, /ˈpæljas/, /ˌpælɪˈɑːs/, /ˈpælɪˌas/
palliasse (plural palliasses)
- (chiefly) A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw.
- 1895, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters, ch. 12,
- Out I sallied and spent sixteen shillings of it upon a new palliasse which should go under the straw mattress upon my bed.
- 1979 — Tom Stoppard. Undiscovered Country.
- First Hiker. Not even a straw mattress to cling to?
Rosenstock. Not even a palliasse.
- First Hiker. Not even a straw mattress to cling to?
- 1895, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Stark Munro Letters, ch. 12,
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