variants
or less commonly bed-sit
plural bedsits also bed-sits
British
: a one-room apartment serving as both bedroom and living room
At times he would work on benches in train stations, or in Kew Gardens, just to escape the solitude of his bedsit.—
Andrew Brown
Andrew Browncalled also bedsitter, bed-sitting room
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Her take on her hit, performed from a stage set like a messy bedsit, complete with washing machine, was the night’s most compelling musical moment and confirmation of a bright new star in the dimming U.K. firmament.
—Mark Sutherland, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
Photo: Matt Crockett The New Yorker magazine cover pinned to the cozy bedsit wall of Andy and her beau Nate’s dear little homestead bears an image of the Manhattan skyline, showing a cluster of elegant highrises set against the midnight city sky.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Colwin was known in life as in writing for her cheer and bonhomie, as well as her ability to create a dinner party in the smallest bedsit.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
Street selling countercultural tchotchkes, but even the wealthy are exploited: paying to live the 1970s nightmare of a claustrophobic bedsit.
—Max Holleran, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
Charlotte began going out in the evenings, with an anxious, important face, to visit his lonely bedsit and negotiate the next step with him.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
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Mark Sutherland, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
Photo: Matt Crockett The New Yorker magazine cover pinned to the cozy bedsit wall of Andy and her beau Nate’s dear little homestead bears an image of the Manhattan skyline, showing a cluster of elegant highrises set against the midnight city sky.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Colwin was known in life as in writing for her cheer and bonhomie, as well as her ability to create a dinner party in the smallest bedsit.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
Street selling countercultural tchotchkes, but even the wealthy are exploited: paying to live the 1970s nightmare of a claustrophobic bedsit.
—Max Holleran, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
Charlotte began going out in the evenings, with an anxious, important face, to visit his lonely bedsit and negotiate the next step with him.
—Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
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“Bedsit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bedsit. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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