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bedknob

noun

Etymology

From bed + knob.

  1. derived from knappr — “small projection, knob (button, head of a stick, etc.)”
  2. inherited from cnæp
  3. derived from *knappô✻
  4. derived from knobbe — “knob, knot in wood, bud”
  5. inherited from knobbe
  6. compounded as bedknob — “bed + knob”

Definitions

  1. An ornamental knob at the top of a bedpost.

    • She had a plastic bag hanging from a bedknob; she'd hawk up and spit the phlegm into it between decades of the rosary.
    • He burrowed his head contentedly into his pillow. His happiness, however, did not last long. 'Meat...Where's me meat?' he said, grasping a bedknob in anguish.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA