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n. A protective covering for the backs of chairs and sofas.

n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, originally to prevent them from being soiled by macassar oil.

n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from wear or from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair.

n. An ornamental covering for the backs and arms of chairs, sofas, couches, etc., to keep them from being soiled by oil from the hair; a tidy.

n. a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils

"Of those times I distantly recalled, when I was - if I was who I thought I was - that creature of badinage and rebellion, it seemed that even the university's once fiery spite had subsided, and a kind of antimacassar had been thrown over me - to protect the university or my name from the harm of either, it was not plain to see."

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