excelsior

Synonyymisanakirja

excelsior

pakkausmateriaali, pehmuste, lastuvilla.

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Englannin sanakirja

excelsior englanniksi

1. puhekieltä Loftier, yet higher; ever upward

2. puhekieltä The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.

3. Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled wood shavings, as a substitute for hair.

4. 1942, Elliot Paul, The Last Time I Saw Paris, Sickle Moon 2001, p. 91:

These little mangers, with baby dolls representing Jesus, porcelean Josephs and Marys, wide-eyed cows of papier-mâché, and excelsior for straw, were purchased by pious parents for well-behaved children at Christmas-tide.

5. higher, loftier, more elevated

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