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bunk bed

noun
  1. a piece of furniture consisting of two single platformlike beds connected one above the other.
  2. either of these two beds.
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Origin of bunk bed

First recorded in 1950–55
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Historical Examples

  • He layed down on that bunk-bed, close to the ox stalls, where he always slept.

    My Antonia

    Willa Cather

British Dictionary definitions for bunk bed

bunk bed

noun
  1. one of a pair of beds constructed one above the other
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