blanket sheet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blanket sheet
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Shah's claws had dug right through blanket, sheet, and pajamas, but had not drawn blood.
From The Electronic Mind Reader by Blaine, John
The morning papers stick to the blanket sheet.
From Norwegian Life by Clough, Ethlyn T.
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
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
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
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