Meaning & use

Bedpost

noun·Everyday

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One of the upright posts at the corner of a bedstead, often decorative, supporting the frame or a canopy.

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She draped a string of fairy lights around the carved bedpost.

He hung his robe on the bedpost before falling asleep.

A note on using this word

The phrase 'between you, me, and the bedpost' is an old idiom meaning something said in strict confidence.

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