bedder

American  

[bed-er] / ˈbɛd ər /

noun

1. bedmaker.

2. Also called bedding plant. Horticulture. an ornamental plant that is suitable for planting with other plants in a bed to achieve a desired visual effect.

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bedder British  

/ ˈbɛdə /

noun

1. (at some universities) a college servant employed to keep students' rooms in order

2. a plant that may be grown in a garden bed

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Etymology

Origin of bedder

First recorded in 1605–15; bed + -er ¹

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Example Sentences

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bedder

It was a rare lark, but we've got three days bedder for it.

From Oswald Bastable and Others by C. E. (Charles Edmund) Brock

Bei Gott! you bedder git oop und back your glo'es, und stob dod gryin'.

From In the Arena Stories of Political Life by Booth Tarkington

Before I went into my bedder I looked at my cheque-book, and it gave me no satisfaction.

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Charles Turley

"Choe Louten iss a bedder one," continued Mr. Farbach, turning again to stare at his chickens.

From The Conquest of Canaan by Booth Tarkington

Home is a good thing to remember," he said earnestly, "and a bedder thing not to be ashamed of.

From Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

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