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pillowbeer

UK/ˈpɪləʊˌbɪə/US/ˈpɪloʊˌbɪɚ/

pillowbeer noun: a pillowcase.

Noun

pillowbeer (plural pillowbeers)

  1. (Northern England, US, regional) A pillowcase.
    • When Zoylus was sicke, he knew not where / Saue his wrought night cap, and laune Pillow-bere:1599, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum: The three last bookes : Of byting Satyres, page 85
    • Ne was there such another Pardoner, For in his male had he a pillowbere, Which as he sayd was our Ladyes vayle.1635, Simon Birckbek, The Protestants Evidence, taken out of good records, page 64

Forms of pillowbeer

pluralpillowbeers
alternative formpillow bear
alternative formpillowbere
alternative formpillow-bere
alternative formpillowbier

Origin of pillowbeer

From earlier pillowbere, from pillow + bear (“pillowcase”), from Middle English bēre (“pillowcase”), from Old English *bera (as in Old English hlēorbera (“cheek-cover”)), of obscure and uncertain origin.

Questions about pillowbeer

What does pillowbeer mean?
Pillowbeer means a pillowcase.
What part of speech is pillowbeer?
Pillowbeer is a noun.
How do you pronounce pillowbeer?
Pillowbeer is pronounced /ˈpɪləʊˌbɪə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pillowbeer?
The plural of pillowbeer is pillowbeers.

Words near pillowbeer in the dictionary

  1. pillow-biter
  2. pillow-biters
  3. pillow-case
  4. pillow-cases
  5. pillow-top
  6. pillowbeer
  7. pillowbeers
  8. pillowbere
  9. pillowberes
  10. pillowbier
  11. pillowbiers

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