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Dutch wife

American  

noun

  1. (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.

Dutch wife British  

noun

  1. a long hard bolster used, esp in the tropics, to support one's uppermost knee when sleeping on one's side

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Etymology

Origin of Dutch wife

First recorded in 1875–80

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