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Etymology
Origin of bedmaker
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at bed, maker
Example Sentences
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His bedmaker, equally peevish, explained how it had happened.
From The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
My bedmaker has just been here to ask whether you were an elderly lady, and whether you would wish your bread-and-butter cut thick or thin?
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
"And who's to wash it up?" said the bedmaker to her help outside.
From The Longest Journey by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
"Is she still housekeeper and bedmaker at Beaumanoir?"
From The Golden Dog by William Kirby
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
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