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eiderdown

[ahy-der-doun] / ˈaɪ dərˌdaʊn /


NOUN
fluff
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Harvey’s memoir of her 2016 insomnia is “like a small and well-worn eiderdown quilt,” our reviewer, Alexandra Jacobs, wrote.

From New York Times May 21, 2021

On social media we're confessing to curling up with the cat on the eiderdown, with laptop, phone and notebook to hand.

From BBC Jan. 29, 2021

I pick it up and the flakes fall off like strands of eiderdown.

From Washington Post Oct. 31, 2019

How many homes have pressed sheets, or towels and robes as soft and white and warm as eiderdown?

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2018

To hold the eiderdown on a bed tie a brick at each corner.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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