"apple-pie bed" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: apple-pie beds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} apple-pie bed (plural apple-pie beds)
  1. (British) A shortsheeted bed in which a sheet is folded back on itself halfway down as a practical joke so that the victim cannot get into it. Tags: British Synonyms: pie bed
    Sense id: en-apple-pie_bed-en-noun-3WqRDokX Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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