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high pillows

high pillows is the plural of high pillow.

Meaning of high pillow

Noun

high pillow (plural high pillows)

  1. (US, dated, slang) The boss; the man in charge.
    • ‘There were a couple solved for the record, but they were just rappers. Some punk took it for the high pillow.’1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 203

Questions about high pillows

What is high pillows the plural of?
High pillows is the plural of high pillow.

Words near high pillows in the dictionary

  1. high pad
  2. high pads
  3. High Park
  4. High Peak
  5. high pillow
  6. high pillows
  7. high place
  8. high places
  9. High Plains
  10. high point
  11. high points

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