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Definition of Palliasses
1. palliasse [n] - See also: palliasse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Palliasses
Literary usage of Palliasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recollections of the Peninsula by Moyle Sherer (1824)
"self and my companion had our tent, camp-table, and stools, palliasses, canteen,
&c., and, after our servants got accustomed to the life, provided the ..."
2. The Life and Letters of Sir John Hall by Siddha Mohana Mitra (1911)
"There was a great deficiency of mattresses ; and straw, or other materials to
fill palliasses could not be supplied, and even as late as the month of April ..."
3. The Monthly Journal of Medicine (1855)
"... and 2500 palliasses for the sick in these transports ; he had intended to have
procured more palliasses, but could not get hay to stuff them with. ..."
4. The Reign of Terror: A Collection of Authentic Narratives of the Horrors (1899)
"... us some detestable palliasses, for each of which he exacted ten francs; and
made us pay in the same proportion for supper, which was no less detestable ..."
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