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What does hassock mean?

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Noun
  1. A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock. [from 10th c.]
  2. A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying. [from 16th c.]
  3. A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.
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And when he was seated she dropped on the hassock at his feet and laid her cheek on his knees.
You had to wonder what he was thinking, watching on television with his balky left leg propped on a hassock.
The side chapels were deserted, save for an elderly aristo woman who knelt on an embroidered hassock, chanting her rosary as she strung the beads along the string.
She seized it like a hungry child, dropping on a hassock before the fire to enjoy it.
Eric loved the hassock, and he admitted that sitting on one folding chair with his feet on the other used to make his back hurt.
I was beside her, sitting on a hassock, so that I could look out into the street.

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