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short-sheet

[ shawrt-sheet ]
/ ˈʃɔrtˌʃit /

verb (used with object)

to fold and tuck in the top sheet of (a bed) so that it simulates both the top and bottom sheets: when the victim of this joke enters the bed, his or her legs are obstructed by the fold.
to short-sheet the bed of (someone).

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Words nearby short-sheet

short-run, shorts, short sale, short seller, short selling, short-sheet, short short story, short shrift, short shrift, give, shortsighted, shortsightedness
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