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Hassock

//ˈhasək// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
  2. 2
    a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church) wordnet
  3. 3
    A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.

    "At the next service he found a flower on his hassock and a highly suggestive Catholic bookmarker tucked into his hymn-book."

  4. 4
    thick cushion used as a seat wordnet
  5. 5
    A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.

Etymology

From Old English hassoc (“coarse grass”), of uncertain origin.

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