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Definition of Bed check
1. Noun. A check that everyone is in bed by the time they should be.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bed Check
Literary usage of Bed check
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Broke," the Man Without the Dime by Edwin A. Brown (1913)
"There was an honest-faced, comfortably dressed young man just ahead of me, who
gave his occupation as machinist, received his bed check, and passed on. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Military Terms by Edward Samuel Farrow (1918)
"An inspection of quarters or tents, usua made at 11 PM, to ascertain whether or
not all men, on check pass, or duty, are properly in bed. Check Nut. ..."
3. Adventure Guide Honduras & The Bay Islands by Maria Fiallos (2006)
"All cabins include private bath, hot water and come with one bunk bed and a double
bed, two double beds or one king size bed. Check out the great package ..."
4. First Course in Algebra: With Eight Thousand Examples Including Three by Albert Harry Wheeler (1908)
"The lowest common denominator is bed. Check, a = 2, b = 3, 1 "се> Ь + ^ = Ш + Ш
tí = tí- ab _ad b1 c = 4,d=b. Writing the sum of the numerators _ nd + ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1815)
"... stream A mighty wave majestic rolls along Gliding along its half-forsaken bed,
Check'd by the opposing deluge, back recoil* In turbulent disorder. ..."
6. Surveying: With Sections on Map Reading, Military Sketching and Topographic (1919)
"How does the measured angle BED check with the calculated angle? 10. As a check,
if possible, measure the distance BE; how does it check with calculated ..."
7. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1853)
"... single fruit and nearly dead, in the midst of luxuriant and heavily laden
trees of other varieties. The bed check Melocotón does not succeed well here. ..."
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