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

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 Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Daintree chuckled again, and I gathered from the expression of his face that the nurse had endured something worse than an apple-pie bed.

From Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 by Birmingham, George A.

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

In the throes of composition Belvane had quite forgotten the apple-pie bed, so absorbing is our profession.

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