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bug-walk

bug-walk noun: a bed.

Noun

bug-walk (plural bug-walks)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A bed.
    • […] Who, when he encounters an over-filled guest, / Either staggering homewards or taking his rest, / Sees him safe to his bug-walk […]1887, Truth, volume 21, page 38
    • There would be no more visiting in that direction for a while, and back he would roost in his 'bug-walk'.1969, Kovave, volumes 1-5, page 38

Forms of bug-walk

pluralbug-walks

Origin of bug-walk

Presumably in reference to the bedbugs that might infest it.

Questions about bug-walk

What does bug-walk mean?
Bug-walk means a bed.
What part of speech is bug-walk?
Bug-walk is a noun.
What is the plural of bug-walk?
The plural of bug-walk is bug-walks.

Words near bug-walk in the dictionary

  1. bug-ridden
  2. bug-spray
  3. bug-sprayed
  4. bug-spraying
  5. bug-sprays
  6. bug-walk
  7. bug-walks
  8. bug-word
  9. bug-words
  10. Buga
  11. bugaboo

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