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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tent-bed.

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Examples

  • Castries, and Madame de Saint-Simon among the rest, finding no one close by, drew near each other by the side of a tent-bedstead, and began to open their hearts to each other, which they did with the more freedom, inasmuch as they had but one sentiment in common upon what had occurred.

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

  • Crisp curtains of cheap chintz hung from the tent-bedstead; festooned drapery of the same material shrouded the narrow window shutting out the light of day, and affording a pleasant harbor for tribes of flies and predatory bands of spiders.

    Lady Audley's Secret 1875

  • Through a pair of partly drawn sliding doors a vista was opened to a clean and quiet chamber, furnished to match the parlor, with the same bright-red carpet, window curtains, and chair covers, but also with a white-draperied tent-bedstead, with bed-pillows and coverings white and soft as swan's down.

    Cruel As The Grave Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859

  • Here is the snuggest tent-bedstead in the world, and there you are with the drawing-room for your workshop, the Q and C for your pal, and 'every-think in a concatenation accordingly.'

    The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844

  • Mr. Pickwick was no sluggard, and he sprang like an ardent warrior from his tent-bedstead.

    The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841

  • Mr. Pickwick was no sluggard, and he sprang like an ardent warrior from his tent-bedstead.

    The Pickwick papers 1836

  • Castries, and Madame de Saint-Simon among the rest, finding no one close by, drew near each other by the side of a tent-bedstead, and began to open their hearts to each other, which they did with the more freedom, inasmuch as they had but one sentiment in common upon what had occurred.

    Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715

  • Castries, and Madame de Saint-Simon among the rest, finding no one close by, drew near each other by the side of a tent-bedstead, and began to open their hearts to each other, which they did with the more freedom, inasmuch as they had but one sentiment in common upon what had occurred.

    Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 08 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715

  • Neither, when the door was opened, did the inside appear to belie the outward promise, as there was faded carpeting on the stairs and faded oil-cloth in the passage; in addition to which discomforts a gentleman Ruler was smoking hard in the front parlour (though it was not yet noon), while the lady of the house was busily engaged in turpentining the disjointed fragments of a tent-bedstead at the door of the back parlour, as if in preparation for the reception of some new lodger who had been fortunate enough to engage it.

    Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens 1841

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