body pillow
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See also: bodypillow
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body pillow (plural body pillows)
- A long body-length pillow that can be held or wrapped around one's body while sleeping.
- Synonyms: dakimakura, Dutch wife, love pillow
- 2000, Bradley G. Richardson, Daddy Smarts: A Guide for Rookie Fathers, Taylor Trade Publishing, →ISBN, page 61:
- Between the five full-sized pillows and the four-foot body pillow my wife slept with, there was little room for me. I pretended to grow resentful of the body pillow and named him Fred, because I told my wife it was like having a four-foot man in our bed.
- 2012, Alex Langley, The Geek Handbook: Practical Skills and Advice for the Likeable Modern Geek, Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 25:
- Once you think the Japanese voice acting is superior to the English voice acting, or have purchased a body pillow/mousepad with boobs of an anime character, or have tried to cosplay as your favorite anime character, you can rest assured that you are now an Anime geek.
- 2012, Jane Palmer, Joanne Stone, Keith Eddleman, Mary Duenwald, Pregnancy for Dummies, Wiley, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
- You can tuck the body pillow around your body in various places, which makes finding a comfortable position easier.