bedtick

English

Etymology

From bed +‎ tick.

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
    • March 25, 1894, Alexander Berkman, "letter to Fedy", republished in 1912 in Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
      Sleepless, 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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