noun
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(at some universities) a college servant employed to keep students' rooms in order
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a plant that may be grown in a garden bed
Etymology
Origin of bedder
Example Sentences
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You know you haf bedder look von de vind as Ah got.
From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
“You bedder haf some glothes, eh?” and he kindly brought forth some very large leather breeches, which the Dodo, after some hesitation, consented to put on.
From Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo by Farrow, G. E. (George Edward)
You know you haf bedder look von de vind as Ah got.
From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
Keep her in der channel, Shonny,— Shonny Schwartz: Life's voyich vill pe quickly o'er; Und den ubon dot bedder shore Ve'll meet again, to bart no more, Shonny Schwartz.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
"Give them to the bedder while they're hot."
From The Longest Journey by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)
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