Synonyms for eiderdown
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ahy-der-doun |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ dərˌdaʊn |
Top 10 synonyms for eiderdown Other synonyms for the word eiderdown
Définition of eiderdown
Origin :- 1774; see eider + down (n.). Ultimately from Icelandic æðardun, via a Scandinavian source (cf. Danish ederdunn) or German Eiderdon.
- As in quilt : noun thick bedcovering made of patches
- As in bedding : noun covering for sleeping furniture
- As in fluff : noun down
- She pulled the eiderdown about her head so as not to cry out so loudly that she would be heard.
- Extract from : « The Dust Flower » by Basil King
- She jerked up in bed, clutching the eiderdown; her heart beat.
- Extract from : « Bliss, and Other Stories » by Katherine Mansfield
- If your eiderdown is getting shabby, why not clean it and re-cover it yourself?
- Extract from : « Needlework Economies » by Various
- It was rather a close afternoon, and she lay on her bed on the top of her eiderdown.
- Extract from : « Just William » by Richmal Crompton
- I'll slip on a dressing-gown and curl up on top of the bed under an eiderdown.
- Extract from : « Vision House » by C. N. Williamson
- Indeed, he had the cure of three parishes, for that of Eiderdown was joined to Stogpingum.
- Extract from : « Barchester Towers » by Anthony Trollope
- But it was no use; she threw back the eiderdown, and sat bolt upright.
- Extract from : « My Little Sister » by Elizabeth Robins
- It was the eiderdown comfort, half-way up the studio staircase!
- Extract from : « When a Man Marries » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Her lips trembled and her knees were shaking beneath the eiderdown quilt.
- Extract from : « The Voice of the People » by Ellen Glasgow
- There is something fat and sinister and German about that eiderdown.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, April 18, 1917 » by Various
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