- a variation of matrass.
mattrass
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Her sister Myra was delicate, and lay on the mattrass on that night, tossing about with suffering, unable to rest.
From The Pearl Box Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People by
She is represented lying on a plaited straw mattrass and holding an oar.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook, Joel
The prospectus said also that bed-clothes were supplied to us, and these were already in the bunks—it said mattrass, pillow, sheets, and blanket.
From Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) by Weitemeyer, Thorvald
She assisted me to tie up the mattrass; I discovering, at the same time, that one blanket would serve me till winter, could I persuade my sister, who slept with me, to keep my secret.
From Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary
The Duke of Orleans was stretched upon the floor, lying on a mattrass, in his shirt.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
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