"love pillow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: love pillows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} love pillow (plural love pillows)
  1. A small decorative pillow, filled with sweet-smelling herbs or flowers, given as a token of love or as a love charm. Categories (topical): Bedding
    Sense id: en-love_pillow-en-noun-A84tXNDc Disambiguation of Bedding: 57 41 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 47 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 43 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 38 2
  2. A large, often inflatable, pillow, decorated with a life-sized picture of a sexy boy or girl, used for cuddling in bed.
    Sense id: en-love_pillow-en-noun-Q8uoDJCL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 47 2
  3. (slang) A woman's breast. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-love_pillow-en-noun-NqL3Aq-T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (body-length pillow): body pillow, dakimakura, Dutch wife
Disambiguation of 'body-length pillow': 52 48 0

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, MoDMaN., Brock Spady, & Mitch Higgins, National Lampoon Van Wilder Guide to Graduating College in Eight Years or More, →ISBN:",
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