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pillowcase

[ pil-oh-keys ]

noun

  1. a removable sacklike covering, usually of cotton, drawn over a pillow.


pillowcase

/ ˈpɪləʊˌslɪp; ˈpɪləʊˌkeɪs /

noun

  1. a removable washable cover of cotton, linen, nylon, etc, for a pillow
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pillowcase1

First recorded in 1715–25; pillow + case 1
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"I've seen the videotape of what happened to this young man. It is not a rite of passage," he said, referring to the student who had the pillowcase put over his head.

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The robbers sacked the house, found no safe and left Monahan bludgeoned with a pillowcase over her head.

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Ms Newton-Smith will also say that profits "aren’t just extra money for companies to stuff in a pillowcase, but the key to investment".

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He pulled pillowcases over the heads of Polly’s friends and ordered them to count to a thousand.

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Clean Our Patch Community Interest Company said volunteers found the items hidden in a pillowcase in a carrier bag near the former railway depot at Laira in Plymouth on Wednesday.

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