apple-pie bed

American  

noun

1. a bed that has been short-sheeted as a joke.

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apple-pie bed British  

noun

1. a way of making a bed so as to prevent the person from entering it

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Etymology

Origin of apple-pie bed

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

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apple-pie bed

"Was it the apple-pie bed, or the lost keys, or the water in the boot, or the clothes-line across the road?"

From The Terrible Twins by Jepson, Edgar

But you see, Anne, this perhaps has irritated them more than an apple-pie bed.

From I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts by Coward, Noel

Fortunately, however, I have a very good answer to this apple-pie bed charge.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-10-06 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

"Wiggs," he said solemnly, "if ever you can do anything to annoy that woman, such as making her an apple-pie bed, or anything like that, I wish you'd do it."

From Once on a Time by Robinson, Charles

I can't even make you an apple-pie bed, when you sleep in a single blanket; and a booby-trap needs a door.

From The Flamp, The Ameliorator, and The Schoolboy's Apprentice by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)