bedtime story
a story told to a child at bedtime.
Origin of bedtime story
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It can take pictures at get-togethers, organize your appointments, and even read your child a bedtime story.
Competitive Eaters, Breaking Bad in Space, and More Viral Videos | Alex Chancey | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA story narrated by a child and acted out by adults, it feels as fun and comfortingly familiar as our favorite bedtime story.
RS: I think it probably depends on what a person thinks of as a bedtime story.
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David and Goliath became set as a bedtime story and lasted through the next six months almost without change.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounIn addition to the bedtime story, Peter found it necessary to feign great weariness in order to suggest a similar feeling in Pat.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounThen always a few pages of the diary kept by the late Herr Wilner were read as a bedtime story.
The Dark Star | Robert W. ChambersJessie and Henrietta were upstairs in Jessies room listening to the bedtime story.
The Campfire Girls on Station Island | Margaret PenroseThey almost drowned out the first of the bedtime story with their excited voices.
The Campfire Girls on Station Island | Margaret Penrose
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