bed place
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bed place
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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With each shock the great capstone of the throne to which I clung jarred farther and farther from its bed place, and my love was coming nearer to me.
From The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
It was a rather high bed place with a set of drawers underneath.
From The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
He whispered, his arms folded on the side of my bed place, staring through the open port.
From The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
"Did you hear everything?" were my first words as soon as we took up our position side by side, leaning over my bed place.
From The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
She moved in her bed place and turning on her elbow stared at the door, listening.
From Command by William McFee
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