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paillasses

paillasses is the plural of paillasse.

Meaning of paillasse

Noun

paillasse (plural paillasses)

  1. (UK) An under bed or mattress of straw.
    • He served the Republic in comfort and ease, and had slept soundly on his paillasse in the little garret allotted to him in the Town Hall.1908, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 29, in The Elusive Pimpernel

Questions about paillasses

What is paillasses the plural of?
Paillasses is the plural of paillasse.

Words near paillasses in the dictionary

  1. pailing
  2. pailings
  3. paillard
  4. paillards
  5. paillasse
  6. paillasses
  7. paillasson
  8. paillassons
  9. paille maille
  10. paillette
  11. pailletted

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