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short-sheet

[shawrt-sheet]
–verb (used with object)
1. to fold and tuck in the top sheet of (a bed) so that it simulates both the top and bottom sheets: when the victim of this joke enters the bed, his or her legs are obstructed by the fold.
2. to short-sheet the bed of (someone).
Compare apple-pie bed.
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short-sheet   (shôrt'shēt')
tr.v.   short-sheet·ed, short-sheet·ing, short-sheets
  1. To make (a bed) by doubling back a single sheet so that the bed looks properly made but will not allow a person to lie at full length in it.

  2. To short-sheet the bed of (a person) as a way of playing a trick.

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