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Definition of Pillow sham
1. Noun. Bed linen consisting of a decorative cover for a pillow.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pillow Sham
Literary usage of Pillow sham
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Pillow-sham (American), a cover for a pillow. "Outwardly I was as decorous as a
clean pillow- sham," a quaint and slightly sarcastic phrase to express an ..."
2. The Minister's Charge: Or The Apprenticeship of Lemuel Barker / by William D by William Dean Howells (1886)
"Who is Lemuel She stood with the pillow-sham in her b she was just about to fasten
on the ... If his wife ha the pillow-sham, and sunk into a chair bed, ..."
3. Catalogue of the Brazilian Section. Philadelphia International Exhibition, 1876. by Exposição universal Commissão, Brazil, United States Centennial Commission, empire) Brazil (1822-1889 (1876)
"TOWELS and pillow sham, sieve and lace bordered. 1066. ... TOWEL and pillow sham,
enriched with labyrinth lace ; both presented to her Imperial Highness the ..."
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