- a variation of matrass.
mattrass
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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They both searched the bed, but could not find the supposed mouse, supposing it to be inside the mattrass.
From The Haunted House A True Ghost Story by Hubbell, Walter
If there is a mattrass above the bed, turn the mattrass half up, and then half down, till you have shaken up the bed beneath.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza
As he sat up on his low mattrass, he said, 'What is the matter?'
From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton
In a spare chamber there should be both a mattrass and a feather-bed, that your visiters may choose which they will have uppermost.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Leslie, Eliza
Then the woman that had the direction of the wedding, cut the bride's hair close to the skin, dressed her in man's clothes, laid her upon a mattrass, and left her in the dark.
From Ideal Commonwealths by More, Thomas, Sir, Saint
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