straw mattress
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstrawandmattress
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straw
noun
uk/strɔː/us/strɑː/
the dried, yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used as food for animals or as a layer on the ground for animals to lie on, and for making ...
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mattress
noun[C]
uk/ˈmæt.rəs/us/ˈmæt.rəs/
the part of a bed, made of a strong cloth cover filled with firm material, that makes the bed comfortable to ...
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(Definition ofstrawandmattressfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I found out that it hid all the bread it received underneath itsstrawmattress.
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Surely it is a small thing to ask that the authorities should be compelled to provide at least astrawmattress, which can very easily be cleaned.
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Her cell, while airy and larger than the others, was sparsely furnished with astrawmattress, table, wash basin, chair, and a bucket.
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He reconstitutes the environment of the epoch - the straw mattresses, the retorts, the lighting.
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They had walked on foot with their teachers, carrying their books for 1,000 miles, and there they were, sleeping in wooden huts on straw mattresses.
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We had straw mattresses on the concrete, few clothes and one thin blanket.
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My information does not bear out the suggestion that sick men are allowed to lie on dirty straw mattresses, and everything possible is being done to provide necessaries and comforts.
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He himself stuffed straw mattresses with straw and sewed them.
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About 150 were crammed into one barrack, where the prisoners slept on multi-tiered bunks with straw mattresses.
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Rooms were originally designed for no more than 38 people, but frequently housed over 50 inmates sleeping in three-tier bunk beds on straw mattresses.
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They slept in cold wooden barracks with straw mattresses or just on bare wood during a winter that was exceptionally cold.
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The building originally housed a bucket, ankle chains, and straw mattresses.
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The brothers were put in the barn, where they slept on straw mattresses.
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Fire spread quickly as straw mattresses caught fire, trapping some prisoners and causing others to jump off the roof in an attempt to escape the fire.
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The dormitory is a large (c. 46 x 11 m), undecorated hall without any partitions for the monks, who, initially slept on straw mattresses lying on the floor.
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