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
He turned and saw Bessie bent motionless over the pile of bedclothing.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
A house like this, will conveniently accommodate a family of six or eight persons; but some economy and contrivance will be needed, in storing away articles of dress and bedclothing.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
He tossed uneasily upon his bed of hemlock boughs, but did not waken: his breathing was a perpetual moan, his fingers picked restlessly at the bedclothing.
From Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 by Various
How happy were those Little Sisters of the Poor at Tours, who took scissors to divide their last remnant of bedclothing with an old woman who came to them at night, craving hospitality!
From Cheerfulness as a Life Power by Marden, Orison Swett
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