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单词 pillowcase
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pillowcasen.

Brit. /ˈpɪlə(ʊ)keɪs/, U.S. /ˈpɪloʊˌkeɪs/
Forms: see pillow n. and case n.2
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pillow n., case n.2
Etymology: < pillow n. + case n.2 Compare earlier pillow-bere n.
A removable fabric covering for a pillow.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > pillow-case
pillow-berec1387
codbere1411
bed-bere1420
bere1440
transomer1459
codware?1488
pillow coat1534
tow1535
ware1551–2
pillow-tye1558
pilliver1582
pillowcase1633
pillow cover1644
pillowslip1793
slip1800
1633 in J. S. Moore Clifton & Westbury Probate Inventories (1981) 56 Three blanquetes..fowre pillowe Casses..three Table Clothes.
1724 New-Eng. Courant 1–8 June 1/2 You are required to demand..One Feather Bed..one Pillow-Case, one Suit of Coat Buttons for a Coat.
1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 80 Put a clean Pillow-case on your Lady's Pillow.
1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene i. xvii. 449 The use of bedding (pillows and pillow-cases).
1898 I. H. Harper Life & Work of Susan B. Anthony I. 11 She could have a few sheets and pillow-cases which were half cotton.
1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 102/2 All her sheets and pillowcases were on their last legs.
1991 R. Pilcher Flowers in Rain 41 The pillowcase [was] so heavily embroidered he knew he would awake in the morning with the pattern embossed upon his cheek.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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