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up⋅hol⋅ster

  [uhp-hohl-ster, uh-pohl-]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
2. to furnish (an interior) with hangings, curtains, carpets, or the like.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; back formation from upholsterer
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up·hol·ster   (ŭp-hōl'stər, ə-pōl'-)   
tr.v.   up·hol·stered, up·hol·ster·ing, up·hol·sters
To supply (furniture) with stuffing, springs, cushions, and covering fabric.

[Back-formation from upholsterer.]
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Slang Dictionary
upholstered [əˈpolstɚd]

  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : She was a little upholstered, but not seriously impaired.

  2. Go to (well-)upholstered. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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(well-)upholstered

  1. mod.
    chubby; plump. : Fortunately, he was upholstered enough that the fall didn't really hurt.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

upholster  (v.)
1853, back-formation from upholsterer "tradesman who finishes or repairs articles of furniture" (1613), from upholdester (1411), formed with a dim. (originally fem.) suffix, from obsolete M.E. noun upholder "dealer in small goods" (1333), from upholden "to repair, uphold, keep from falling or sinking" (in this case, by stuffing); see uphold. Upholstery is attested from 1649.
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