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bedclothing

American  
[bed-kloh-thing] / ˈbɛdˌkloʊ ðɪŋ /

noun

  1. bedclothes; bedding.


Etymology

Origin of bedclothing

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; bed + clothing

Example Sentences

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Every time a baby is found dead in his crib, apparently smothered by bedclothing or a soft pillow, the mother is tortured by the feeling that she should have been more careful.

From Time Magazine Archive

He turned and saw Bessie bent motionless over the pile of bedclothing.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

The bedclothing consists of as many similar futons as the state of the weather may require.

From Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition by Bacon, Alice Mabel

Then she scooped Catherine up from the floor and dropped her into my bed, and then rolled Catherine into one of those hospital doodads that hospitals use for male and female alike as bedclothing.

From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver

By the time we had eaten our supper and thawed out, we grew sleepy, and under all our bedclothing, curled up in the bunk.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

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