bedclothing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bedclothing
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
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He turned and saw Bessie bent motionless over the pile of bedclothing.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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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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