bedclothes

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Sometimes Toto manages to get the outermost layer of bedclothes, which is fine.

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  1. plural noun Coverings, such as sheets and blankets, that are ordinarily used on a bed.

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  • More striking than the state of the bedclothes was the fact that an air conditioning unit had been shoved out of its position on the sill of one of the two windows and now lay on the floor between the bed and the wall. —  AHMM,September2008
  • Sometimes Toto manages to get the outermost layer of bedclothes, which is fine. —  foldedspace
  • It would be almost worth a trip to the office just to tell Martinson without stint what he thought of him and all his works He crawled back into bed and smoked his cigarette with due regard for the bedclothes, and wondered what kind of a fool they took him for if they imagined for one minute that he would produce so much as a sub-title under the personal supervision of Bently Brown After awhile it occurred to him that, unless he relented from his final statement to Martinson, he was a young man out of a job, but that did not worry him much. —  The Phantom Herd
  • The colonists had now warm garments and thick bedclothes, and they could without fear await the approach of the winter of 1866-67 The severe cold began to be felt about the 20th of June, and, to his great regret, Pencroft was obliged to suspend his boat-building, which he hoped to finish in time for next spring The sailor's great idea was to make a voyage of discovery to Tabor Island, although Harding could not approve of a voyage simply for curiosity's sake, for there was evidently nothing to be found on this desert and almost arid rock. —  Île mystérieuse. English
  • He grasped the bedclothes, his eyes, frightened and dilated, staring in front of him. —  The Captives
 

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/ˈbɛdkloʊðz/
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