"Apple-pie Bed" Definition

Definitions for the word "Apple-pie Bed" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. slang
a trick played at schools on new comers, or on any boy disliked by the rest. One of the sheets is removed, and the other is doubled in the middle, so that both edges are brought to the top, and look as if both sheets were there; but the unhappy occupant is prevented getting more than half-way down, and he has to remake his bed as best he can. This trick is sometimes played by children of a larger growth.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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