camp bed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of camp bed
First recorded in 1680–90
Example Sentences
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Box springs lay heaped in a pile beneath a folding camp bed, freed by the flames.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2024
Christian Fostitschenko sat near his camp bed at an evacuation centre in Salles, southwestern France.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022
From a camp bed in a foreign country, the 40-year-old bookeeper thinks about restarting her and her children’s lives from square one.
From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2022
She fell asleep during class so regularly that teachers set up a camp bed for her.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2021
Harry and Ron climbed all the way up to Ron’s attic bedroom, where a camp bed had been added for Harry.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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