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plush

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Word definitions for plush in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"soft fabric," 1590s, from Middle French pluche "shag, plush," contraction of peluche "hairy fabric," from Old French peluchier "to pull, to tug, to pluck" (the final process in weaving plush), from Vulgar Latin *piluccare "remove hair" (see pluck (v.)). ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Plush (from French ) is a textile having a cut nap or pile the same as fustian or velvet . Its softness of feel gave rise to the adjective "plush" to describe something soft or luxurious, which was extended to describe luxury accommodation, or something ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plush \Plush\, n. [F. pluche, peluche (cf. It. peluzzo), fr. L. pilus hair. See pile hair, and cf. Peruke .] A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet. --Cowper.

Usage examples of plush.

So Sara sat down on the blue plush grass, and undressed the Billiken while they waited for Schlorge.

So I turned to the chelloveck nearest me on the big plush seat that ran right round the whole mesto, a chelloveck, that is, who was burbling away under the influence, and I fisted him real skorry ack ack ack in the belly.

He followed her into a room furnished in the Victorian manner with a bright carpet, plush curtains, a handsome solid couch and chairs, a fixture once devoted to gas but now converted to electricity in the middle of the ceiling, and a great variety of enlarged photographs, photogravures and china ornaments which combined uselessness and ugliness to a remarkable degree.

The pillowy softness of the plush bed, so different from the rest of the hard stone world of Menzoberranzan, offered Drizzt no relief from the pain.

The chairs and sofas were plumper, plusher, more suited to long, comfortable, unbuttoned interludes with a book or a piece of embroidery.

No privileges, and your quarters will be your old room right here, rather than something plusher at the Palace.

After making sure her door was locked, he led her through two doors requiring her card to the other side of the city-block-long building and into much plusher accommodations indeed.

The Manby had a slightly plusher decor, but the rituals would be the same.

He looked up and down the street, then walked briskly toward the somewhat plusher gambling hall there.

It seemed smaller than his own because of the darker colors, but somehow plusher at the same time.

American trains were plusher, faster and equipped with lavatories at a time when Europeans had to hope for either a strong bladder or a short trip, and her city streets were better lit at night.

As he drew closer to his destination, the stalls became plusher, the women prettier.

He avoided the area west of the avenue, where some of the plusher bars and lounges were to be found.

Angelshand six months ago, plush and luxurious with cuffs and collar of green silk trapunto that turned to emerald the light, clear green of his eyes.

The wool wrapping was a mantle, its lining brown plush, and folded neatly inside were a fine brocade shirt, velvet trews, and knitted gloves.