paddings
Example Sentences
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The freshly dead were still encased in woolen paddings or blue uniforms.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have got rid of the trammels pretty well,—haven't I?—have unshackled myself, and thrown off the paddings, and the wrappings, and the swaddling clothes.
From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony
The deep border of fur round the velvet, the warm waddings and paddings, the close fit up to the throat, were excellencies which warranted Janey's tour of inspection.
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
They swallowed their liqueurs, and the ashes of their cigars fell on the paddings of the furniture.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
Her gowns were even pressed here and there among their paddings.
From Mistress Penwick by Payne, Dutton
