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in the twinkling of a bedpost

in the twinkling of a bedpost is the alternative form of in the twinkling of a bedstaff.

Meaning of in the twinkling of a bedstaff

Prepositional phrase

  1. (archaic) In no time at all; immediately.

Questions about in the twinkling of a bedpost

What is in the twinkling of a bedpost the alternative form of?
In the twinkling of a bedpost is the alternative form of in the twinkling of a bedstaff.

Words near in the twinkling of a bedpost in the dictionary

  1. in the thick of it
  2. in the throes of
  3. in the throws of
  4. in the toilet
  5. in the trenches
  6. in the twinkling of a bedpost
  7. in the twinkling of a bedstaff
  8. in the twinkling of an eye
  9. in the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
  10. in the vein of
  11. in the wake of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the twinkling of a bedpost (page history and authors); in the twinkling of a bedstaff (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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