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Bedpost   Listen
noun
Bedpost  n.  
1.
One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead.
2.
Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff.





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"Bedpost" Quotes from Famous Books



... evidence of her own eyes, until the blond wig was torn off and the spectacles laid aside. Then Elise threw herself across her bed, laughing until she gasped for breath. Her mirth was so contagious that Mary joined in, laughing also until she was weak and breathless, and could only cling to the bedpost, ...
— The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware • Annie Fellows Johnston


Words linked to "Bedpost" :   support, bedstead, bedframe


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