blankets

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  1. noun A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed.
  2. noun A layer that covers or encloses: a thick blanket of snow.
  3. adjective Applying to or covering all conditions or instances: a blanket insurance policy.
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  • Both his arms and one of their blankets were about her. —  Mary Balogh - Beyond the Sunrise
  • Fetch sheets of some kind and blankets, and make up another bed of straw and blankets on the floor. —  KISSED BY SHADOWS
  • He settled back among the blankets, his expression more imperious than ever. —  YoursUntilDawn
  • She carefully opened the door and stood in the doorway Barry was huddled beneath his blankets, and she sat down in the rocking chair beside the bed. —  No One to Trust   Iris Johansen
  • The captives had obtained some semblance of privacy by rigging partitions of blankets, and there was furniture of a sort, wicker stuff that could not very handily be made into weapons Foreman took some keys from his pocket and began examining them. —  153 - Trouble On Parade
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