apple-pie bed

apple-pie bed

noun
a bed that has been short-sheeted as a joke.
Also called pie bed.


Origin:
1770–80
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Apple-pie bed is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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apple-pie bed
 
n
(Brit) a way of making a bed so as to prevent the person from entering it

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