bedquilt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bedquilt
Example Sentences
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Then, in formation so close that one might have covered the whole pack with a bedquilt, they came on again.
From The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
"When I was your age, Dorothy Kenway, I had pieced half a block bedquilt and was learning to do feather-stitching."
From The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks
He seems to get up a speech as in Yankee land they get up a bedquilt.
From American Eloquence, Volume 3 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander
Peter picked her up, wrapped in the bedquilt, and held her in his arms.
From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway
"Oh, Joey, do show us!" cried Phronsie, getting up to kneel on the patched bedquilt, to look over his arm.
From The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Sidney, Margaret
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