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Examples
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She conjured new bed-clothing and a foot-bath for each of them, and they both retired to bed.
If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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By the time Faro returned, the bed-clothing that she had conjured the night before had vanished, but she had already produced replacements.
If I Pay Thee Not In Gold Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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He barricaded the door of his weak citadel with a mattress and some bed-clothing, which he found therein, and from this defense he fought his last fight.
The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid Garrett, Pat F 1954
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There was no bedding, no bed-clothing, no attempt at comfort of any kind.
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We had only the clothes we stood in, and no bed-clothing but the camels 'pads and two oilcloths.
A Source Book of Australian History Gwendolen H. [Compiler] Swinburne
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He stated that the saloon reminded him of nothing so much as of a hearse, in which a number of half-starved stewards attempted to warm themselves by a glimmering stove, and that the staterooms so-called were boxes in which the bunks were shelves spread with patches of filthy bed-clothing, somewhat after the style of a mustard plaster.
Marvels of Modern Science Paul Severing
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I called for the Bureau physician and saw that he had suitable bed-clothing and food.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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I was no longer master of myself, and in my delirious condition I know not what might have happened; I threw back the bed-clothing to uncover the heart, when I discovered on her white bosom a little ebony crucifix.
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His periodic outbursts of rage were as furious as formerly, he tore up his bed-clothing and personal attire during these fits of anger, which continued to be more or less reactive in character.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry Bernard Glueck
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The mother may pull the bed-clothing over the baby's head during the night and thus deprive it fresh air.
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