apple-pie bed
a bed that has been short-sheeted as a joke.
Origin of apple-pie bed
1- Also called pie bed.
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How to use apple-pie bed in a sentence
“Come along quickly, or you will have an apple-pie bed made,” he said, in a low voice.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonHe was a Parisian, a former street arab, and I suspected him of having prepared an apple-pie bed in order to have a laugh at me.
Trooper 3809 | Lionel DecleFortunately, however, I have a very good answer to this apple-pie bed charge.
Listen again to one Montagu, a sixth-form boy who has caught a gang of dormitory roysterers preparing an apple-pie bed for him.
The Lighter Side of School Life | Ian Hayapple-pie bed, a trick played at schools on new comers, or on any boy disliked by the rest.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
British Dictionary definitions for apple-pie bed
British a way of making a bed so as to prevent the person from entering it
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