Meaning of Excelsior | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
   US, dated, uncountable
2. Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled woodshavings, as a substitute for hair.
   Canada, US, uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

“Working both [of them] at Kroll's then, she selling candy and cashews in a white smock with "Jan" stitched on her pocket and he lugging easy chairs and maple end tables around on the floor above, hammering apart packing crates from nine to five, the itch of the packing excelsior getting into his nose and eyes and making them burn.”

“Each Pet Rock came in a cardboard carrying case, complete with air holes, tenderly nestled on a bed of excelsior.”

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