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blanket sheet

noun

  1. a newspaper of larger than average size, common in the mid 19th century.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of blanket sheet1

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

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Example Sentences

I have one double and one single blanket and a thin blanket sheet—no cotton or linen of any sort.

I believe that the day of sensational journalism, of the blanket sheet and the fearful woodcut, is already passing away.

Later—much later, black headlines, and grim lists three columns long,—three columns of a blanket sheet!

How anyone can ask you to change the make-up to the blanket sheet form is more than I can see.

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