The Only Use of
bolster
in
Crime and Punishment
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- Often he went to sleep on it, as he was, without undressing, without sheets, wrapped in his old student's overcoat, with his head on one little pillow, under which he heaped up all the linen he had, clean and dirty, by way of a bolster.†
Chpt 1.3
Definition:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) As a noun, bolster can refer to any of a number of specific things that provide support -- especially a long narrow pillow.