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Definition of Futons
1. futon [n] - See also: futon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Futons
Literary usage of Futons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jinrikisha Days in Japan by Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore (1900)
"were utterly helpless, and lay supine in their corners, covered, head and all,
with futons. The altitude, the cold, or the dilemma paralyzed their usually ..."
2. Japanese Girls and Women by Alice Mabel Bacon (1902)
"Every month new futons are provided for Her Majesty, and the discarded ones are
given to one of her attendants. The happy recipient is thus provided with ..."
3. Half-hours in Japan by Herbert Moore (1900)
"futons are like very thick quilts, padded with cotton wool ... will pull out a
futons, 1-11 few of these, and lay them on the floor, one on top ot the other ..."
4. National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-Of-Home by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Child-sized futons may be used only if they are not on a trame, ... Supervision is
necessary to ensure that adequate spacing of futons is maintained and ..."
5. Terry's Japanese Empire: Including Korea and Formosa, with Chapters on by Thomas Philip Terry (1914)
"The low table on which the trays are placed is call zen.1 Piles of quilts, or
futons (kept in air-tight closets during the day) are spread out on the mats ..."
6. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1863)
"The futons—brother and sister—are the children of this Marquis! It is self-evident!
If ho means mischief, it is for you to strike him dumb ! ..."
7. Rare Days in Japan by George Trumbull Ladd (1910)
"... in a bedstead brought expressly for this purpose all the way from Tokyo, and
covered with thickly wadded Japanese futons of the winter variety, ..."
8. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1891)
"It consists of futons or mattresses, tightly stuffed with cotton or silk wadding,
... We used only the futons, carrying with us our own night clothes, ..."
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