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ˈpillow-case
The washable case or covering, usually of white linen or cotton cloth, which is drawn over a pillow.
a1745Swift Direct. Servants viii, When you put a clean pillow-case on your lady's pillow. 1857Wood Com. Obj. Sea Shore 57 The general shape of the egg [of the dog-fish] has been aptly compared to a pillow-case, with strings tied to the corners. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 496 The use of bedding (pillows and pillow-cases). |