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- noun Plural form of
mattrass .
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Examples
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During the autumn rush of the Battle of the Yser we had so overflowed our borders that we were obliged to take in two small class-rooms, scattering straw thickly on the floor in lieu of mattrasses.
Archive 2009-04-01 Victoria Janssen 2009
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During the autumn rush of the Battle of the Yser we had so overflowed our borders that we were obliged to take in two small class-rooms, scattering straw thickly on the floor in lieu of mattrasses.
Excerpt from a War Nurse's Diary: The Operation-Theatre Victoria Janssen 2009
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Irene, and their accomplished daughter Anna Comnena, were seated together, clad in very ordinary apparel, as indeed the furniture of the room itself was of the kind used by respectable citizens, saving that mattrasses, composed of eiderdown, hung before each door to prevent the risk of eavesdropping.
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These boxes are kept for warmth between two mattrasses, and visited every day.
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Leghorn, was put in here by stress of weather; but being aware of the extortion of innkeepers, and the bad accommodation in their houses, he slept on board on his own mattrasses; and there likewise he had all his conveniencies for eating.
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They very seldom use feather-beds; but they lie upon a paillasse, or bag of straw, over which are laid two, and sometimes three mattrasses.
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The beds commonly used in this place, and all over Italy, consist of a paillasse, with one or two mattrasses, laid upon planks, supported by two wooden benches.
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The beds (if they deserved that name) were so shockingly nasty, that we could not have used them, had not a friend of Mr. R — supplied us with mattrasses, sheets, and coverlets; for our own sheets were on board the felucca, which was anchored at a distance from the shore.
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Special orders call for stoves, mattrasses and blankets.
The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin James Herbert Walker
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They use it principally for stuffing mattrasses and pillows, and assert that it is very efficacious in preventing contagion and prolonging life.
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