bedquilt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bedquilt
Example Sentences
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Joel slipped off the gay patched bedquilt, and ran up to his mother, drawing a long breath.
From The Adventures of Joel Pepper by Sidney, Margaret
Peter picked her up, wrapped in the bedquilt, and held her in his arms.
From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway
"Well, Puss, how goes it?" he asked, pulling an old bedquilt up over his knees and tucking it well around her.
From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
You Dicey, come on here, an' tromp on the other side o' this bedquilt till I h'ist yo' young marster up on to my shoulder.
From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Stuart, Ruth McEnery
It is in good taste to have the curtains, bedquilt, valance, and window-curtains, of similar materials.
From A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School by Beecher, Catharine Esther
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