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bug-walk

noun

bug-walk

noun

Etymology Presumably in reference to the bedbugs that might infest it.

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:

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