"bug-walk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bug-walks [plural]
Etymology: Presumably in reference to the bedbugs that might infest it. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bug-walk (plural bug-walks)
  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A bed. Tags: UK, obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-bug-walk-en-noun-zpTyZ4s9 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Presumably in reference to the bedbugs that might infest it.",
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          "ref": "1887, Truth, volume 21, page 38",
          "text": "[…] Who, when he encounters an over-filled guest, / Either staggering homewards or taking his rest, / Sees him safe to his bug-walk […]",
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          "ref": "1969, Kovave, volumes 1-5, page 38",
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