lace pillow


Origin of lace pillow

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First recorded in 1785–95

Words Nearby lace pillow

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How to use lace pillow in a sentence

  • Do not rumple that dainty lace pillow-sham, nor strew your clothing over every chair and sofa, to the irritation of the mistress.

  • Grannie Pinn climbed in upon us through the little window, and afterwards, to gain breath, she sat down to her lace pillow.

    A Poor Man's House | Stephen Sydney Reynolds
  • Behind the closed window, all day and every day, sits an old woman at her lace pillow.

    A Poor Man's House | Stephen Sydney Reynolds
  • It is sometimes done on a lace pillow with pins to outline the pattern.

    Clothing and Health | Helen Kinne
  • Rose had finished her share of the household work (until supper), and she took her lace pillow and sat down in the window.

    The King's Daughters | Emily Sarah Holt