box spring
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Smith did not own a gun, but police found the knife between his mattress and box spring.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022
Message: I’m presently sleeping on the floor I’m low income and can’t afford to buy a mattress and box spring.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
The boudoir here has no four-poster bed or even a headboard, just a single mattress on a box spring with an unstable pile of books nearby.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2020
I ran back to the bedroom and yanked up the mattress to peek at the box spring.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2019
His only furniture was a box spring, a mattress, a chair, and two crates for a table.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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