palliasse

  • 11palliasse — noun (C) old use a cloth bag filled with straw (1a) for sleeping on …

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  • 12palliasse — pal·li·asse …

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  • 13palliasse — /ˈpæliæs/ (say paleeas) noun a mattress of straw or the like. Also, paillasse. {see paillasse} …

  • 14palliasse —   n. hard straw mattress …

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  • 15Hopper hut — A hopper hut was a form of temporary accommodation provided for hop pickers on English farms in the 19th and 20th centuries.Background in September 1849. Hovels, huts houses] A Pocketful of Hops] [http://www.buriton.org.uk/bhb/infosheet03.htm… …

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  • 16Paillasse — Pail*lasse (?; F. ?), n. [F., fr. paille straw. See {Pallet} a bed.] An under bed or mattress of straw. [Written also {palliasse}.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17Straw — is an agricultural by product, the dry of a cereal plant, after the grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. In times gone by, it was regarded as a useful by …

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  • 18George Bagster Phillips — Dr George Bagster Phillips in 1888 Dr George Bagster Phillips MBBS, MRCS Eng, L.M., LSA (1834, Camberwell, Surrey, – 27 October 1897, London), was, from 1865, the Police Surgeon for the Metropolitan Police s H Division, which covered London s… …

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  • 19Fontès — 43° 32′ 27″ N 3° 22′ 48″ E / 43.5408333333, 3.38 …

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  • 20paillasse — /pal yas , pal yas, pal ee as , pal ee as /, n. Chiefly Brit. a mattress of straw; pallet. Also, palliasse. [1500 10; < F < It pagliaccio straw pallet, equiv. to pagli(a) straw ( < L palea chaff) + accio pejorative n. suffix] * * * …

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