mattrass
Britishnoun
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We got the mattrass down the back stairs, unperceived, and I helped to carry it, taking with me all the money I had, and what I could borrow from my sister.
From Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
She lay upon a mattrass, propped up with a pile of cushions, in a lower apartment of the palace.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 by Various
They sent down a mattrass, pillow, and blanket; there was no wood to build a large fire outside, but I collected some chips, and lit a small fire inside, and placed my mattrass alongside.
From Canadian Eclipse Party 1869 by Commander E. D. Ashe
It were all in hunner dollah bills, an' thu ole woman cached 'em in thu mattrass of her baid.
From The Song of the Wolf by Frank Mayer
With that she bangs open the window, and before I recover from my surprise, launches forth, with a loud whir, mattrass and all, leaving me, Pilgarlic, lying on the paillasse.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott
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