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coverlet
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synonyms: counterpane, counterpoint, ~bedclothes ???
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Definition:The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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He shut the book, put it carefully on the floor, lay down and pulled the coverlet over both of them.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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I stripped myself, put my clothes (together with my coverlet, which I carried under my arm) into the vessel, and, drawing it after me, between wading and swimming arrived at the royal port of Blefuscu,
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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Joe patted the coverlet on my shoulder with his great good hand, and said, in what I thought a husky voice, "Good night!" Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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I lay flat on the coverlet in her bedroom below, eyes closed,
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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"Keep your hands still, Grisha," she said, and she took up her work, a coverlet she had long been making.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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