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  • As the neighbors prepared to depart, other gifts came out of their wagons: a sack of potatoes, a rocking chair, a bushel of turnips, a goosefeather pillow, strings of dried apples, a couple of live chickens.

    Caddie Woodlawn’s Family Carol Ryrie Brink 2000

  • As the neighbors prepared to depart, other gifts came out of their wagons: a sack of potatoes, a rocking chair, a bushel of turnips, a goosefeather pillow, strings of dried apples, a couple of live chickens.

    Caddie Woodlawn’s Family Carol Ryrie Brink 2000

  • I usually did sleep well; in spite of the cold, damp climate, the house was tightly constructed, and the goosefeather bed was plentifully supplied with quilts.

    Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

  • Rose-Ellen lay across the foot of Grandpa and Grandma's goosefeather bed, spread on the floor.

    Across the Fruited Plain Florence Crannell Means 1935

  • I'm off with the wraggle-taggle gypsies, O! Last night you slept on a goosefeather bed,

    The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies 1898

  • After lights out, Pagan would creep from her room, clutching her heavy goosefeather quilt as a wrap, and sit cross-legged on the end of Kate’s bed while they discussed all aspects of being a woman.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • After lights out, Pagan would creep from her room, clutching her heavy goosefeather quilt as a wrap, and sit cross-legged on the end of Kate’s bed while they discussed all aspects of being a woman.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • After lights out, Pagan would creep from her room, clutching her heavy goosefeather quilt as a wrap, and sit cross-legged on the end of Kate’s bed while they discussed all aspects of being a woman.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • After lights out, Pagan would creep from her room, clutching her heavy goosefeather quilt as a wrap, and sit cross-legged on the end of Kate’s bed while they discussed all aspects of being a woman.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • After lights out, Pagan would creep from her room, clutching her heavy goosefeather quilt as a wrap, and sit cross-legged on the end of Kate’s bed while they discussed all aspects of being a woman.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

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