bedknob
Definitions
An ornamental knob at the top of a bedpost.
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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