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Language: Old English
Origin: hassuc 'small thick mass of grass'

hassock

 noun
     
has‧sock [countable]
1 a small cushion for kneeling on in a church
2 American English a soft round piece of furniture used as a seat or for resting your feet on [= pouf British English]
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