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

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Example Sentences

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apple-pie bed

"A booby trap," said H. O., "the first thing when they get up, and an apple-pie bed at night."

From The Wouldbegoods by E. (Edith) Nesbit

"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 Charles Robinson

Pym knew whole States which are vast and yet secret and fanciful; each is as big as a nation yet as private as a lost village, and as unexpected as an apple-pie bed.

From Manalive by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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 Noel Coward

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 Sir Owen Seaman

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