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单词 press bed
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press bed


noun

a bed enclosed within a closet, cupboard, etc.
Compare Murphy bed.

Origin of press bed

First recorded in 1650–60

Words nearby press bed

press agent, press-agentry, press association, press-back, press baron, press bed, pressboard, press box, pressboxer, press bureau, Pressburg
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Example sentences from the Web for press bed

  • He is lying ill with a fever in the press-bed in the kitchen, where not a breath of air reaches him.

    Woman's Work in English Fiction|Clara Helen Whitmore
  • But Connie explained to Ronald that the huge wooden wardrobe was doubtless a press-bed which let down at night.

    Sue, A Little Heroine|L. T. Meade
  • Next door, in the dining-room, old Betty Harrison lay across the press-bed in which she usually slept.

    She Stands Accused|Victor MacClure
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