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bedwetter

American  
[bed-wet-er] / ˈbɛdˌwɛt ər /
Or bed-wetter

noun

  1. a person, usually a child, who urinates while sleeping, especially habitually.


Etymology

Origin of bedwetter

1935–40; bed + wet (v.) + -er 1

Example Sentences

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“I learned disassociation at a very young age, as a bedwetter who had to go to sleepover camp,” she said.

From New York Times

“I haven’t seen this many people happily soaking their shorts since trampoline day at bedwetter camp,” he said.

From Seattle Times

That claiming to be a bedwetter won’t get you a single cell as it once did – but hearing voices might.

From The Guardian

The 26th-minute tribute to Terry seems, for reasons I fail to comprehend, to have upset a unholy alliance of moralists, social media bedwetters and bandwagon jumpers.

From The Guardian

So it was a little surprising how quickly Washington’s perennial partisan bedwetters leapt to their safe ramparts 6,320 miles away from Tehran with Sturm und Drang against Mr. Netanyahu’s speech.

From Washington Times