bedclothing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bedclothing
Example Sentences
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Every time a baby is found dead in his crib, apparently smothered by bedclothing or a soft pillow, the mother is tortured by the feeling that she should have been more careful.
From Time Magazine Archive
He turned and saw Bessie bent motionless over the pile of bedclothing.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
By the time we had eaten our supper and thawed out, we grew sleepy, and under all our bedclothing, curled up in the bunk.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
Far in the darkest corner lay the father on a pallet of corn-husks covered with soiled bedclothing.
From The Mountain Girl by Erskine, Payne
The kind-hearted neighbors saved the chests of bedclothing and the family’s best garments, for the flames had not gotten at them.
From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by Foster, W. Bertram
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