paillasse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of paillasse
1500–10; < French < Italian pagliaccio straw pallet, equivalent to pagli ( a ) straw (< Latin palea chaff ) + -accio pejorative noun suffix
Example Sentences
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He amused himself for hours together by lying on his paillasse tilting his head back, rolling up his eyes, and crying in a high quavering voice—"JAW-neeeeee."
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
After completing his rounds The Clever Man searched almost everyone except ourselves and Fritz, and absolutely subsided on his own paillasse muttering occasionally "if he found it" what he'd do.
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
Strutted to and fro, kicked the cabinet, flashed an electric torch, and walked up the room examining each paillasse to make sure it had an occupant.
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
There was some bread and cheese and a large mug of ale waiting for him in the wheel-house and a clean straw paillasse in a corner.
From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
I turned in terror to see my paillasse in the clutches of four men who were apparently rending it in as many directions.
From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)
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