bed presser

A person of great weight who exerts considerable pressure on his mattress. In vogue during Shakespeare's lifetime.

I hear king Henri was quite the bed presser.

by Dauntless December 25, 2005

bedpresser

A heavy, lazy fellow
From Samuel Johnson's - History of The English Language

Prince Henry.. I'll be no longer guilty of this sin. This fanguine coward, this bedpresser, this horse-back-breaker, this huge hill of flesh, . , . .

from shakespeare, Henry IV Part I
Act 2 Scene 4

by suds and hymns April 20, 2011