spring mattress


noun
  1. a mattress containing an arrangement of spiral springs

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How to use spring mattress in a sentence

  • The meaning of the loaves, the cart, and the spring-mattress was now plain.

    Chronicles of Martin Hewitt | Arthur Morrison
  • She wondered if it was elastic, that thickness of erect hair, like a spring-mattress; she wanted to put her hand on it.

    Arundel | Edward Frederic Benson
  • There was a spring-mattress which I largely capsized, so that she was thrown half on her side.

    Sonia Married | Stephen McKenna
  • It was no use; the most elastic spring-mattress and a down cushion would have failed that night to lull me!

    A Day's Ride | Charles James Lever
  • An inner bedroom contained a wood-framed bed with a steel spring-mattress and a number of plush-bottomed chairs.

    Pushed and the Return Push | George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)