Definition of bedtime story
: a story read or recounted to someone (such as a child) at bedtime
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The scene began with Marge reading a bedtime story to Lisa that had been neutered with social justice buzzwords.
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The same day, Geary shared a sweet post of Julian reading a bedtime story for his new sibling.
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The episode featured a character named Dre, played by Anthony Anderson, telling his son a bedtime story before improvising and delving into his concerns within the United States.
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The same day, Geary shared a sweet post of Julian reading a bedtime story for his new sibling.
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If there was an Oscar for reading bedtime stories, Jennifer Garner would be a shoo-in – just ask her golden retriever, Birdie.
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Structured like a fireside chat – or an adult bedtime story – Buyer & Cellar has Alex recount his experiences at his next job, as storekeeper and stock boy in the little mall underneath Streisand’s compound.
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The star is so good that the pooch was powerless to stay awake and fell asleep on her lap as the actress read her bedtime stories.
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Danny, who has evidently survived in the first episode, tells Charlie a bedtime story about a case decorated with bad Santas and a miraculous event.
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First Known Use of bedtime story
1868
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