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- noun Plural form of
antimacassar .
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Examples
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There was a sofa in the room, but it was horsehair, with high ends both alike, not comfortable, which were covered with curious complications called antimacassars, that slipped off directly they were touched, so that anybody who leaned upon them was engaged continually in warfare with them, picking them up from the floor or spreading them out again.
Catharine Furze Mark Rutherford 1872
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Tapestry Chamber, where her ladies were more or less busy in embroidering "chair-backs" (she was too much in the movement not to know that the term "antimacassars" was a solecism).
In Brief Authority F. Anstey 1895
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Quote from the play The Absence of a Cello: “... someone has been playing fast and loose with the antimacassars.”
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Thursday Night Open Thread 2010
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Around 1850, these started to be known as antimacassars.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Thursday Night Open Thread 2010
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And, does anybody think it would be too stupid to have Tunch and Lily antimacassars?
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Thursday Night Open Thread 2010
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One of them is the house, antimacassars and all, of a little old granny in a bad neighborhood.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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The antimacassars, and matching covers for the armrests, in our house were mostly crocheted lace, and I can remember my grandmother hand-laundering them and ironing them smooth.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Thursday Night Open Thread 2010
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One of them is the house, antimacassars and all, of a little old granny in a bad neighborhood.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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It was a parlor filled with dusty chairs draped with antimacassars and tables and sideboards crammed with knick-knacks–souvenir plates, china teacups, candlesticks, glass birds, and at least a dozen hourglasses of various sizes and materials.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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It was a parlor filled with dusty chairs draped with antimacassars and tables and sideboards crammed with knick-knacks–souvenir plates, china teacups, candlesticks, glass birds, and at least a dozen hourglasses of various sizes and materials.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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