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noun

Hassock n.

A rank tuft of bog grass; a tussock.

A small stuffed cushion or footstool, for kneeling on in church, or for home use. "And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced."

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Etymology of 'Hassock'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hassock" Quotes from Famous Books

... autumn is too far advanced and the skies are uncertain, a few hours should be given to that massive Down which fronts the traveller from London, Ditchling Beacon, the highest above the sea-level. It is easy of access, the train carries you to Hassock's Gate—the station is almost in a copse—and an omnibus runs from it to a comfortable inn in the centre of Ditchling village. Thence to the Down itself the road is straight and the walk no longer than ...

— Nature Near London • Richard Jefferies

... you," she retorted, smiling and rousing herself. "Sit here in this chair," she added, rising and forcing me to do the same; and when I had complied she drew a large hassock toward me, and seating herself upon it while she rested one shapely arm across my knees, with her face upturned to mine, she continued ...

— Princess Zara • Ross Beeckman

... to disappear a household familiar—that upholstered, deceptive, utilitarian hassock kind of thing which, when opened, revealed an iron foot-rest, a box of blacking,—I will not say how some moistened that blacking, but you and I, gentle reader, brought water in a crystal glass from the kitchen,—and an ingenious tool ...

— The Perfect Gentleman • Ralph Bergengren

... daughter had seated themselves near the table, on which a lamp was burning, and Violet knelt on a hassock at her mother's feet, half hiding her blushing face ...

— Grandmother Elsie • Martha Finley

... now restored to its usual clutter of furniture and ornaments. I made my way around two tables, stepped over a hassock and under the leaves of an artificial palm, ...

— Sight Unseen • Mary Roberts Rinehart

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