Definitions

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  • adjective confined to bed (by illness)

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Examples

  • First off I thought he was pushin 'one of these sick-abed chairs, like they use on the board walk at Atlantic City.

    Shorty McCabe Sewell Ford 1907

  • She is sick-abed this minute, and she _will_ keep up! "

    The Other Girls 1865

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