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  • noun Plural form of slipcover.

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Examples

  • These paper "slipcovers" of sorts are later used as the backdrop for a slideshow, from images taken by local digital artists.

    MutualArt: The Art of Deconstruction: Building from Paper MutualArt 2012

  • Well, the couch slipcovers needed a good wash, anyway, and putting on clothes hot from the dryer felt fab. meanwhile, couple hours of sleep attained has done nothing for my energy levels.

    December 29th, 2009 archmage 2009

  • But the $20 bill incident led me to tally up the other objects Pritch has gotten her teeth around: The slipcovers on both couches have small holes near the corners.

    Appetite for Destruction: When Good Dogs Chew 2009

  • Most of the decorating theft will come from Mr. Gili's own country house and studio in Piedmont: threadbare American flags as makeshift slipcovers, wall-mounted marlins next to Italian candelabras, starfish glued to marble mantels, grass-green window frames against blue walls, pillows tied with silk scarves.

    Looking at Rooms as Love Affairs Sara Ruffin Costello 2011

  • It was a homey room, though a little too flowery for me, with prints of cabbage-size roses on the slipcovers and curtains.

    Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

  • Teapot, $58 Among the pretty, useful, durable things are Portland designer Adam Arnold's tight-fitting slipcovers shown in fuschia wool, $550 and a shockingly good-looking extension cord. schoolhouseelectric.com

    New in Design 2011

  • Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal La Grenouille Matchbook The quickest, cheapest way to szoosh up a room is with slipcovers.

    Mario Buatta 2011

  • They are not wealthy women—one of them must make do with old furniture that she tarts up with slipcovers she makes on her sewing machine—but their lives are made gracious by the circumstances of their time and place.

    The Secret of 'The Help': Envy Caitlin Flanagan 2011

  • After a lengthy stop at Joyce fabrics for homemade batik slipcovers and IKEA for instant bed-and-bath upgrades, our 150-square-foot sprawl appears almost photo shoot–worthy.

    Everyone in the RV, It's Road-Trip Time! Sara Ruffin Costello 2011

  • It was a homey room, though a little too flowery for me, with prints of cabbage-size roses on the slipcovers and curtains.

    Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

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