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palliasses

palliasses is the plural of palliasse.

Meaning of palliasse

Noun

palliasse (plural palliasses)

  1. (UK) A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw.
    • Out I sallied and spent sixteen shillings of it upon a new palliasse which should go under the straw mattress upon my bed.1895, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 12, in The Stark Munro Letters

Questions about palliasses

What is palliasses the plural of?
Palliasses is the plural of palliasse.

Words near palliasses in the dictionary

  1. palliardise
  2. palliardize
  3. palliardizing
  4. palliards
  5. palliasse
  6. palliasses
  7. palliate
  8. palliated
  9. palliates
  10. palliating
  11. palliation

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