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continental quilt

noun

British.

  1. duvet.

continental quilt

noun

  1. Also called: duvet.  doona. a quilt, stuffed with down or a synthetic material and containing pockets of air, used as a bed cover in place of the top sheet and blankets

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The Continental Quilt - now better known as the duvet - is said to have arrived at Habitat after Conran slept under one in Sweden.

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