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/pælˈjɑːs/ · noun
(chiefly British) A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw..
1969, Dad's Army S03E02 You see that pile of straw over there? With it you stuff your palliasse.
Out I sallied and spent sixteen shillings of it upon a new palliasse which should go under the straw mattress upon my bed.
First Hiker. Not even a straw mattress to cling to? Rosenstock. Not even a palliasse.
Use palliasse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Palliasse means (chiefly British) A thin mattress or under bed stuffed with straw..
Common synonyms include paillasse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1969, Dad's Army S03E02 You see that pile of straw over there? With it you stuff your palliasse.
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