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bedstaff
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bedstaff, n.
“A wooden pin stuck anciently on the sides of the bedstead, to hold the clothes from slipping on either side.” Johnson. [1913 Webster]
"Hostess, accommodate us with a bedstaff."
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"Say there is no virtue in cudgels and bedstaves."
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