Meanings
nounbug-walk (plural bug-walks)
plural bug-walks
- UKobsoleteslangA bed.
There would be no more visiting in that direction for a while, and back he would roost in his 'bug-walk'.
1969, Kovave, volumes 1-5, page 381 more example
[…] Who, when he encounters an over-filled guest, / Either staggering homewards or taking his rest, / Sees him safe to his bug-walk […]
1887, Truth, volume 21, page 38
Origin
Presumably in reference to the bedbugs that might infest it.
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