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eiderdown 1. the breast down of the female eider duck, with which it lines the nest, used for stuffing pillows, quilts, etc. 2. US a warm cotton fabric having a woollen nap How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And as she snuggled comfortably beneath the eiderdown a sense of restfulness invaded her, such as she had not known before. There was a large wooden bedstead on which was a billowing red eiderdown, and there was a large wardrobe, a round table, a very small washstand, and two stuffed chairs covered with red rep. Beside the pallet was a window, whose panes broken like a spider's web upon which rain has fallen, allowed a view, through its rent meshes, of a corner of the sky, and the moon lying far away on an eiderdown bed of soft clouds. |
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