pillowcase
Americannoun
noun
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The kids are “going to have a pillowcase full of candy anyhow.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
I think that sort of applies to, as you were saying earlier, do it yourself, like taking that zebra striped pillowcase and making a hot little number out of it was the right thing.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
Ms Newton-Smith will also say that profits "aren’t just extra money for companies to stuff in a pillowcase, but the key to investment".
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
The haul at one pond on a recent day was enough to fill four sacks, each roughly the size of a large pillowcase.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024
For some reason that makes us all laugh, and I don’t care that I’m holding Chet’s disgusting pillowcase anymore.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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