"bedtick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bedticks [plural]
Etymology: From bed + tick. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bed|tick}} bed + tick Head templates: {{en-noun}} bedtick (plural bedticks)
  1. A sheet used for enclosing the materials of a mattress, such as straw. Synonyms: tick mattress, bed tick, bed-tick, tick Related terms: bedticking
    Sense id: en-bedtick-en-noun-BF1VsTzY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "March 25, 1894, Alexander Berkman, \"letter to Fedy\", republished in 1912 in Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist\nSleepless, I toss on the withered mattress. The ravages of time and the weight of many inmates have demoralized it out of all semblance of a bedtick. But the Block Captain persistently ignores my request for new straw, directing me to \"shake it up a bit.\""
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