padding
Origin of padding
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How to use padding in a sentence
They swallowed their liqueurs, and the ashes of their cigars fell on the paddings of the furniture.
Bouvard and Pcuchet | Gustave FlaubertNow the dust is removed from the cushions and paddings by means of a vacuum arrangement.
Life in a Railway Factory | Alfred WilliamsBut most of these added clauses may not unfairly be regarded as 'paddings,' put in by way of embellishment.
The Three Additions to Daniel, A Study | William Heaford DaubneyThere was something intolerable in their noiseless, ceaseless paddings over the pavement.
The Lost Continent | C. J. Cutcliffe HyneObserve the “antediluvian” shape of the bat—no paddings on the legs.
Pickwickian Manners and Customs | Percy Fitzgerald
British Dictionary definitions for padding
/ (ˈpædɪŋ) /
any soft material used to pad clothes, furniture, etc
superfluous material put into a speech or written work to pad it out; waffle
inflated or false entries in a financial account, esp an expense account
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