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the long pillow that doubles as architecture for your spine and your ego
means To bolster something is to support, strengthen, or prop it up — whether a sagging argument, a friend's confidence, or a weary back against a long cushion.
from From Old English 'bolster,' meaning a long pillow or cushion, related to a family of Germanic words built on a root suggesting something swollen or stuffed full — a cousin of Old Norse 'bolstr.' The plump literal cushion came first; the figurative sense of 'propping up' anything that needs support followed naturally, since that's exactly what a bolster does.
- origin
- From Old English meaning to swell or puff up
- double life
- Names both a cushion and an act of support
- tool world
- Also a chisel for cutting bricks and stone
- saddle duty
- Bolsters cradle the rider on a horse's saddle
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