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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

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)

The women made way for the rough miner as he strode to where his son lay on a heap of soiled bedclothing, tossing and moaning, but unconscious, and in a high fever.

From Derrick Sterling A Story of the Mines by Monroe, Kirk

Far in the darkest corner lay the father on a pallet of corn-husks covered with soiled bedclothing.

From The Mountain Girl by Erskine, Payne

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