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

It was no good her wishing her good wish, because she had been a bad girl the day before—making the Countess an apple-pie bed and all—disgraceful!

From Once on a Time by Robinson, Charles

Picture an apple-pie bed of purple and cloth of gold.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

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)

"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

It was the most perfect apple-pie bed ever made.

From Once on a Time by Robinson, Charles