spring mattress
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At the time, I’m living at my mom’s house, on this spring mattress that’s sticking me in the back — but I’m turning down crazy money, because it just wasn’t the right thing.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023
In the early days of the war, he and others were living at the ambulance station — sleeping on creaky spring mattress beds upstairs.
From Washington Post • May 1, 2022
An analogy is that of two heavy balls on a spring mattress, whereby the indentation in the mattress made by one of the balls produces an attractive region for the other ball.
From Nature • Aug. 27, 2019
“Sometimes you get a fancy casket that might have a spring mattress in there, or you could get a cardboard box.”
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2012
This bag, filled with seed, served as my pillow, and though my bed lacked the elasticity of a spring mattress, it was really quite comfortable.
From Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field Southern Adventure in Time of War. Life with the Union Armies, and Residence on a Louisiana Plantation by Knox, Thomas Wallace
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