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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An intricate handmade lace made by interlacing thread around notched pins stuck into a pillow.
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- noun A form of hand-made lace in which the
thread is wound around bobbins on a paddedcushion ; pillow lace
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a handmade lace worked on a pillow with threads wound on bobbins; the pattern is marked out on the pillow by pins
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