bed linen

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noun
  1. sheets and pillowcases.

Origin of bed linen

1
First recorded in 1805–15

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How to use bed linen in a sentence

  • He must carry his own bed linen to sea with him and arrange for his own food.

  • A faint odor of lavender carried him back to the time when his mother's bed linen exhaled the same sweet fragrance.

    Uncle Terry | Charles Clark Munn
  • This straw was covered with heavy home-spun bed linen, some feather pillows, and two big fur coats as comforters.

    Our Little Cossack Cousin | F. A. Postnikov

British Dictionary definitions for bed linen

bed linen

noun
  1. sheets and pillowcases for a bed

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