A moment later he and I were back in the front room, where the impassive lady was still quietly working away at her antimacassar.
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Antimacassar
//ˌæn.tɪ.məˈkæs.ə//
Synonyms for "antimacassar" (2 found)
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6 translations across 4 languages.
French
2 entries- antimacassar noun (cover for furniture)
- têtière noun (cover for furniture)
German
2 entries- Antimakassar noun (cover for furniture)
- Sofaschoner noun (cover for furniture)
Greek
1 entries- κάλημμα επίπλων noun (cover for furniture)
Russian
1 entries- антимакассар noun (cover for furniture)
Sample sentences
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She was particularly fond of animals, and, besides her canary, whose cage hung on a nail in the massive wall of the keep by day, to the great annoyance of prisoners who relished an after-dinner nap, and was shrouded in an antimacassar on the parlour table at night, she kept several piebald mice and a restless revolving squirrel.
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[…] how could anyone on a three-legged stool under the high top of the sofa sleep? Especially if the fringe of an antimacassar lolled over the top and tickled your neck?
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The upholstery is of Irish tweed, with antimacassars in Irish linen, and the rugs are hand-woven in Celtic design.
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