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Bedrel

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bed blockernoun(chiefly UK, idiomatic, derogatory, medicine, public policy) An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.
bedmakernounsomeone who manufactures beds
beddynoun(childish) bed
bed-blockernounAlternative form of bed blocker. [(chiefly UK, idiomatic, derogatory, medicine, public policy) An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.]
bedblockernounAlternative form of bed blocker. [(chiefly UK, idiomatic, derogatory, medicine, public policy) An elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.]
cripnoun(rehabilitation, generally self-referential) A person with a disability.
lameternoun(Scotland) A cripple.
halternounA bitless headpiece of rope or straps, placed on the head of animals such as cattle or horses to lead or tie them.
bedevillernounA person or thing that bedevils.
liggernoun(slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
lammigernoun(UK, dialect, obsolete) A lame person; a cripple.
cripplenoun(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
blindienoun(slang, derogatory, offensive) A blind person.
brickheadnoun(slang, derogatory) A stubbornly stupid person.
bedwetternounA person who (habitually) urinates in their bed (during sleep).
cranknoun(now chiefly dialectal) An ailment, ache.
bug-walknoun(UK, slang, obsolete) A bed.
beddernoun(in combination, informal) A property with a specified number of bedrooms.
blighternoun(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, often disrespectful) A person, usually male, especially one who behaves in an objectionable or pitiable manner.
bed-wetternounAlternative form of bedwetter. [A person who (habitually) urinates in their bed (during sleep).]

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