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Origin of bedmaker
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at bed, maker
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As for the bedmaker, she's a dream, a kind of cheerful, innocent nightmare; I never saw so poor an imitation of humanity.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson
Well, now, did I see him two years ago—as a bedmaker in something they did at the Foot Lights?
From The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
Stick to college—stick to punch and buttery ale: and never see a woman that's handsomer than an old cinder-faced bedmaker.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by George Saintsbury
His bedmaker, equally peevish, explained how it had happened.
From The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
"And who's to wash it up?" said the bedmaker to her help outside.
From The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
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