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- noun A
sheet placed over the top of something.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is essentially restricted to brief expository statements -- "Guidry was in bed, tangled in the oversheet" -- and seemingly insignificant details -- "At the firehouse, two men in uniforms were playing pinochle and listening to Julie London on the radio."
November 2009 2009
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It is essentially restricted to brief expository statements -- "Guidry was in bed, tangled in the oversheet" -- and seemingly insignificant details -- "At the firehouse, two men in uniforms were playing pinochle and listening to Julie London on the radio."
Dashed to the Ground 2009
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It is essentially restricted to brief expository statements -- "Guidry was in bed, tangled in the oversheet" -- and seemingly insignificant details -- "At the firehouse, two men in uniforms were playing pinochle and listening to Julie London on the radio."
Narrative Strategies 2009
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He was drawing up the gold-embroidered oversheet when he heard the door through which he had entered the boudoir open.
Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993
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As she spoke, she pushed aside the oversheet and the red silk sheet, revealing remarkably rounded breasts and a small waist.
Nightside The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1993
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Over these the kettle hissed; and the firelight fell on their bed, with its linen oversheet turned back and neatly folded.
Lady Good-for-Nothing Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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I hate the burqu3 and the jilbab's use as an oversheet and prefer comfortable
ProgressiveIslam.Org - Comments swtgarg10 2010
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I hate the burqu3 and the jilbab's use as an oversheet and prefer comfortable Western clothes with appreciative flashes of traditional non-Western design.
ProgressiveIslam.Org - Comments Debira Brod 2009
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