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Definition of Pillow
Pillow
Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.

A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.

A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.

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Fatigue is the best pillow.
Benjamin Franklin

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
Henry David Thoreau

Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.
Coco Chanel

There were times when I had great times with my brothers, pillow fights and things, but I was, used to always cry from loneliness.
Michael Jackson

It's all about the blanket. Blanket, pillow, and red wine. You should always be asleep on a plane.
Kate Moss

Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
Michel de Montaigne

Last night I dreamt I ate a ten pound marshmallow. When I woke up the pillow was gone.
Tommy Cooper

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.
Lin Yutang

What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my midnight pillow.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
Charlotte Bronte



Pillow Translations
pillow in Danish is pude
pillow in Dutch is hoofdkussen
pillow in French is oreiller
pillow in German is Kissen, Kopfkissen
pillow in Italian is guanciale
pillow in Norwegian is hodepute
pillow in Portuguese is almofada, descanso
pillow in Spanish is travesero, almohada
pillow in Swedish is huvudkudde, kudde


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