hassock
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A hassock of grass cradled his back as he looked up.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2017
Jackson sat down again, and I perched on a hassock between brother and sister, separated by the glass top of a low table.
From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2016
Poor Nixon wouldn’t put his shoes up on a hassock unless he covered it with a towel, because it was White House furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 3, 2015
Soon afterward an uncle noticed that as Margie sat on a hassock she looked crooked, and her right shoulder blade protruded.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When I’m changed, my mother makes a snow pack for my left heel and props it up on a hassock.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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