blanket sheet

American  

noun

1. a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.

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Etymology

Origin of blanket sheet

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

Example Sentences

In the method illustrated above the patient is placed in a seat made by tying a blanket, sheet, rope, or strap in the form of a ring.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

The morning papers stick to the blanket sheet.

From Norwegian Life by Clough, Ethlyn T.

We have our great blanket sheet newspapers, representing a party, a clique, a financial interest, with writers lending their brains out, for money, to write editorials for causes in which they do not believe.

From The Soul of Democracy The Philosophy of the World War in Relation to Human Liberty by Griggs, Edward Howard

These two sacks are then joined together, thus forming one long rectangular garment, which by night serves for blanket, sheet, and frequently mosquito bar, and by day for a skirt.

From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.

How anyone can ask you to change the make-up to the blanket sheet form is more than I can see.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various