bed linen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bed linen
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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Leonid: “We take food, bed linen, pillows. Blankets, forks, spoons, pans.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023
Each house has a bathroom, bedroom and open kitchen and comes fully equipped with bed linen, kettle and coffee maker.
From Reuters • Dec. 23, 2021
The fresh bed linen you're used to seeing in your hotel room is not owned by the hotels themselves, but by laundry firms like Lilliput.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2021
But, like fresh bed linen and French bulldogs, the Squatty Potty exerts a powerful emotional force on its owners.
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2018
I pulled the stick back and cracked it against the side of the frozen bed linen.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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