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pillowcase

[ pil-oh-keys ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

pillowcase

/ ˈpɪləʊˌslɪp; ˈpɪləʊˌkeɪs /

First recorded in 1715–25; pillow + case ¹

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After all, my primary doctor advised that doing so would finally put an end to waking up to a bloody pillowcase every morning.

I prefer to stack them, with the flat sheet on the bottom, the fitted sheet in the middle and pillowcases on top.

Having to dig through all of that just to find a clean towel or pillowcase is the opposite of simplifying your life.

If you’re worried about them getting dirty, use old pillowcases or cover them with T-shirts.

Only once did he stray far enough to buy his mother a pillowcase with “Winnipeg” on it.

The common tradition is a sheet a week for each bed, and a pillowcase a week for each pillow regularly used.

When Sylvia reappeared that noon she carried a pillowcase, which she held before her by its corners with care.

A neighbor's goat had taken advantage of his absence to chew up a pillowcase and two aprons.

Cut the sheets and pillowcase from thin white cotton, allowing enough for hems.

"May my father as surely have a bright paradise," he said, with a show of alacrity, his mind fixed on the loosened pillowcase.

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