BEDTIME
ADVERBS
1430 ► BEDWARD towards bedtime; just before going to bed → obs.
NOUNS
M19. ► DUSTMAN’S BELL bedtime → juvenile sl.
1898 ► BED-I-BO bedtime → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BILLY-WINKER the elfin who closes the eyes of children at bedtime → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
20C.. ► BEDDY-BYE bedtime → juvenile sl.
PHRASES
19C.. ► THE DUSTMAN HAS ARRIVED it is bedtime, for the children rub their eyes, as if dust or sand was in them
Lexicophilia 