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ˈbed-ˈhead
[see head.]
†1. The part of a bed on which the head rests; a pillow or bolster. Obs.
1483Cath. Angl. 25 Bedhede, cubitale.
2. The upper end of a bed.
c1386Chaucer Prol. 293 For hym was leuere haue at his bed hede [v.r. beddes hede] Twenty bookes clad in blak or rede. 1883Sir F. Pollock in Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 536 A Book..such as every one would like to have at his bed-head.
▸ slang (orig. U.S.). The state or condition of having untidy hair, such as results from lying in bed; hair in this state.
In quot. 1988: a person with hair in this state.
1988Washington Post 31 Jan. (Mag. section) 8/1 Bed head, a person who looks like he just woke up. 1990Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 June e6/1, I still have bed head, my hair's going every which direction. 1998H. M. Malton Down in Dumps xxii. 204, I..stuck my head under the tap, trying to erase the Don King bed-head I'd woken up with. 2002Observer Sport Monthly Dec. 43/2 His pageboy locks generally scruffed into a bedhead. |