Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A case of strong linen or cotton cloth for containing the feathers or other materials of a bed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the materials of a bed.
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- noun A
tick orbag made ofcloth , used for enclosing thematerials of abed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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And a pair of striped bedtick pants, my Sally made for me
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The remains of a bedtick moldered on the slats, its grass stuffing given over to the nests of the birds and rodents.
Burned Bridges Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926
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We bought an old bedtick and stuffed it with corn husks, then a pair of back-number bed-springs, which we put on the floor of the cabin.
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She will leave a square meal especially ordered for her, and gotten up by an imported chef, to fill her measly hide full of straw from a boarding-house bedtick, if she can only steal it.
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"You say Martin's in jail for stealing?" he asked, gripping the corn-husk bedtick with tense, nervous fingers, "and not in connection with the killing of Suggs?"
Viola Gwyn George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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"The map gone!" and he seized the candle from Bud's hand, and, holding it so that its light illuminated the whole bunk, stared wildly down on the rumpled surface of the rude bedtick, which now, the blankets having been thrown off, showed its entire surface to the light of the candle.
The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895
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He held the candle over the bunk and his eyes swiftly searched every inch of the surface of the bedtick.
The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895
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Lak a feddah f'om a bedtick w'en de win 'commence to blow.
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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On the unwashed floor a heap of straw covered with dirty bedtick for a bed; a foul-smelling slop-pail in the middle of the room; a crazy stove, and back of it a door or gap opening upon darkness.
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There were a hundred or so of Susquehanna raftsmen, grouped about in the ticket office, in every, conceivable position, and dressed in all kinds of inconceivable fashions, the favourite style appearing to be a slouched hat, rough flannel shirt of gorgeous pattern, and bedtick trousers, tucked into high boots.
treeseed commented on the word bedtick
freedictionary.com:
n. 1. A tick or bag made of cloth called ticking, used for inclosing the materials of a bed.
See feather tick
February 6, 2008