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on ones deathbed
death·bed
/
ˈdɛθˌbɛd
/
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[
deth
-bed
]
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noun
1.
the bed on
which
a person dies:
The museum contains Lincoln's deathbed.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, said, or done during the last few hours of a person's life:
a deathbed confession.
Idioms
3.
on one's deathbed,
in the last few hours before death.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
deethbed.
See
death
,
bed
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deathbed
(ˈdɛθˌbɛd)
—
n
1.
a. the bed in which a person is about to die
b. (
as modifier
):
a deathbed conversion
2.
on one's deathbed
about to die
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
deathbed
O.E., "the grave," from
death
+
bed
. Meaning "bed on which someone dies" is from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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