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Date: 1700-1800
Language: Icelandic
Origin: æthur type of duck + DOWN2

eiderdown

 noun
     
Related topics: House
ei‧der‧down [countable]
DHH a thick warm cover for a bed, filled with duck feathers [↪ duvet]
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