Crossword-Solution: BEDPOST
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bedpost | n. | One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead. |
| Bedpost | n. | Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “BEDPOST”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Your chewing gum might lose its flavor on this, according to Lonnie Donegan | 1 answer |
| Canopy support | 1 answer |
| Employment opportunity in a flower garden? | 1 answer |
| Headboard holder | 1 answer |
| Headboard pole | 1 answer |
| It helps support a canopy | 1 answer |
| It may support a canopy or a mosquito net | 1 answer |
| Pole at the corner of a mattress | 1 answer |
| Pole near a mattress | 1 answer |
| Quaint inn room upright | 1 answer |
| Spot for a nightcap | 1 answer |
| Supporter of a canopy | 1 answer |
| Upright support | 1 answer |
| Upright support found in sleeping chamber | 1 answer |
| You might stick your chewing gum or a bathrobe on it | 1 answer |
| canopy flat | 10 answers |
| A FLAT CANOPY | 10 answers |
| Canopy | 35 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EAETR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BEDPOST (5)
The old lady made one end of the silk thread fast to Tom’s tooth with a loop and tied the other to the bedpost.
Looping the middle of the lariat over a bedpost Billy grasped both strands firmly and lowered himself through the aperture into the room beneath.
Having gained the floor he pulled upon one end of the lariat until he had drawn it free of the bedpost above, when it fell into his waiting hands.
From a child he had been a great and vivid dreamer, his dreams often taking such frightful shape that he used to awake 'clinging in terror to the bedpost.' Later in life his dreams continued to be frequent and vivid, but less terrifying in character and more continuous and systematic.
Hence this plaint reaches you with no very great meaning, no very great purpose, and written part in slumber by a heavy, dull, somnolent, superannuated son of a bedpost.
Quotes with BEDPOST (3)
I feel as though I should say something profound, or enact some rite, or trade something to make it official. I want to transfer some trinket which would allow me to say that she's my girl, some kind of currency that proves to people that she likes me back. Something that would permit me to think about her all the time without feeling guilty or helpless or hopelessly far away. I guess I'm just so excited, I want to cage this thing like a tiny red bird so if can't fly away, so…
My God." He pushed away from the bedpost. "Friends! And do you fall into bed with any man who's 'dear' to you? How am I to take that?""Of course I don't." She stood up, letting the knotted scarf slip away. "I can't seem to help myself. With you. About that. It's extremely vexing.""You're quite right on that count," he said sullenly. "I'm damned vexed. I'd like to vex you right here on the floor, in fact. And the idea of Sturgeon vexing you is enough to dispose me to murder. I…
He wanted a faery. More than anything else in the world. He had already imagined exactly how it should happen. He would set up the invitation, and the next day there would be a petal-winged pisky clinging to the top of his bedpost. It would have a foolish grin on its face, and large ears, and it wouldn’t notice at all that Bartholomew was small and ugly and different from everyone else. But no. Mother had to ruin everything.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 18 times in crossword archives (1999–2023).