"bed check" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982 August 1, Frank Litsky, “Giants' Camp Stirs Variety of Emotions”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-07-27",
          "text": "Pro football training camp means different things to different people. . . . [T]he printed schedule runs from wake-up call at 7 A.M. to bed check at 11 P.M.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 August 8, Ed Vulliamy, “Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good'”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 2014-07-27",
          "text": "His military career was marked by . . . a report which read: \"Individual is unable to conform to military rules and regulations. Misses bed check: sleeps while supposed to be working.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2012 December 20, “FBI offers $50K reward in Chicago jail escape”, in USA Today, retrieved 2014-07-27",
          "text": "The FBI said surveillance footage from a camera near the Metropolitan Correction Center shows Kenneth Conley and Joseph Banks getting into a cab at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday — about two hours after guards were supposed to do a bed check.",
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      "glosses": [
        "In a dormitory, as in the military or at a children's campground or in a boarding school, an inspection after bedtime by authorities to ensure that everyone is present and in his or her bed."
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        [
          "children",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "campground",
          "campground"
        ],
        [
          "boarding school",
          "boarding school"
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          "inspection",
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          "bedtime",
          "bedtime"
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        "(chiefly US) In a dormitory, as in the military or at a children's campground or in a boarding school, an inspection after bedtime by authorities to ensure that everyone is present and in his or her bed."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bed-check"
        }
      ],
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  "word": "bed check"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
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          "ref": "1982 August 1, Frank Litsky, “Giants' Camp Stirs Variety of Emotions”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-07-27",
          "text": "Pro football training camp means different things to different people. . . . [T]he printed schedule runs from wake-up call at 7 A.M. to bed check at 11 P.M.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010 August 8, Ed Vulliamy, “Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good'”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 2014-07-27",
          "text": "His military career was marked by . . . a report which read: \"Individual is unable to conform to military rules and regulations. Misses bed check: sleeps while supposed to be working.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 December 20, “FBI offers $50K reward in Chicago jail escape”, in USA Today, retrieved 2014-07-27",
          "text": "The FBI said surveillance footage from a camera near the Metropolitan Correction Center shows Kenneth Conley and Joseph Banks getting into a cab at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday — about two hours after guards were supposed to do a bed check.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "In a dormitory, as in the military or at a children's campground or in a boarding school, an inspection after bedtime by authorities to ensure that everyone is present and in his or her bed."
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        "(chiefly US) In a dormitory, as in the military or at a children's campground or in a boarding school, an inspection after bedtime by authorities to ensure that everyone is present and in his or her bed."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bed-check"
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  "word": "bed check"
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