bedroll

noun

bed·​roll ˈbed-ˌrōl How to pronounce bedroll (audio)
: bedding rolled up for carrying

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Her 11-year-old grandson Mahmoud passes the time by jumping from a stage in the hall next to their makeshift quarters onto the bedrolls below. Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025 Piles of clothes and bedrolls were lit by the smartphone flashlights of civilians combing the decaying maze for clues. Richard Engel, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024 Santa Monica could ban sleeping bags and bedrolls in public areas in a crackdown on camping. Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024 The day after his release, Gao, who was twenty-six years old, wearing torn clothes and possessing only a bedroll, walked through villages devastated by the famine. Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for bedroll

Word History

First Known Use

1849, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bedroll was in 1849

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“Bedroll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedroll. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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bedroll

noun
bed·​roll ˈbed-ˌrōl How to pronounce bedroll (audio)
: bedding rolled up for carrying
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