"straw tick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: straw ticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} straw tick (plural straw ticks)
  1. A bed mattress made from a coarse cotton material, or shoddy, and filled with (usually) straw.
    Sense id: en-straw_tick-en-noun-XXOxE4aK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
  2. Also used to refer to the empty mattress bag.
    Sense id: en-straw_tick-en-noun-ykqiv--B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49

Inflected forms

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