Usually means: Fine wood shavings used for packing.
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  1. excelsiors: Merriam-Webster
  2. excelsiors: Vocabulary.com
  3. Excelsior's, Excelsiors: Wordnik

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Definitions from Wiktionary (excelsior)

adjective:  (archaic) Loftier, yet higher, more elevated; ever upward.
adjective:  More surpassing, more excelling.
noun:  (US printing, dated) The size of type between Norse and brilliant, standardized as 3-point.
noun:  (Canada, US) Stuffing material (as for furniture and mattresses) made of slender, curled woodshavings, as a substitute for hair.
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