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For the designer, that meant pairing a Reid Classics four-poster bed draped in Lisa Fine Textiles’ Calico Floral Stripe with a white Sherpa chair from The Home Depot and a colorful pouf ottoman from HomeGoods.—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025 Instead of committing to a large sectional sofa or bulky chairs, this weather-resistant pouf is a fun alternative that also adds color and texture to backyards.—Ali Faccenda, People.com, 10 July 2025 Naomi Campbell was coiffed in a New Romantics-style ‘80s pouf.—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 July 2025 The ‘pouf sentimental’ hairstyle was created by hairdresser Leonard Autie and debuted on the Duchesse de Chartres in 1774, famously adorned with 14 yards of gauze, figurines, a plate of cherries and a parrot.—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pouf
Word History
Etymology
French pouf, something inflated, of imitative origin
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