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pillowcase
[ pil-oh-keys ]
pillowcase
/ ˈpɪləʊˌslɪp; ˈpɪləʊˌkeɪs /
noun
- a removable washable cover of cotton, linen, nylon, etc, for a pillow
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pillowcase1
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Example Sentences
"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.
The robbers sacked the house, found no safe and left Monahan bludgeoned with a pillowcase over her head.
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".
He pulled pillowcases over the heads of Polly’s friends and ordered them to count to a thousand.
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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