lace pillow
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lace pillow
First recorded in 1785–95
Example Sentences
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Her head rested on a lace pillow, a thin scarf around her neck.
From New York Times
A lace pillow with its pins and reels of thread was upon the table before her, and her thin hands were moving quickly and deftly over it hither and thither.
From Project Gutenberg
Dainty said, timidly, as she laid her golden head down on the lace pillow.
From Project Gutenberg
For me no funeral coronet, No tear-embroidered cushion place; But o 'er my fair lace pillow let My hair droop free about my face.
From Project Gutenberg
They may sit and stitch tapestry till they are half blind, and stoop over the lace pillow till they grow crooked, for all my lady knows about it.
From Project Gutenberg
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