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born on the wrong side of the blanket

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blan⋅ket

[blang-kit]
–noun
1. a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used esp. for warmth as a bed covering.
2. a similar piece of fabric used as a covering for a horse, dog, etc.
3. the chief garment traditionally worn by some American Indians.
4. any extended covering or layer: a blanket of snow.
5. Printing.
a. (in a press for offset printing) the rubber-covered cylinder to which an inked impression is transferred from the plate for transfer directly to the paper.
b. (in a press for letterpress printing) the resilient covering on the cylinder against which the paper is pressed in printing.
6. a thick roll or strip of material for thermal insulation.
–verb (used with object)
7. to cover with or as with a blanket: wild flowers blanketing the hillside.
8. to obscure or obstruct; interfere with; overpower (usually fol. by out): An electrical storm blanketed out the radio program.
9. to toss (someone) in a blanket, as in fraternity hazing.
10. Nautical. (of a vessel) to take wind from the sails of (another vessel) by passing closely to windward.
–adjective
11. covering or intended to cover a large group or class of things, conditions, situations, etc.: a blanket proposal; a blanket indictment.
12. born on the wrong side of the blanket, born out of wedlock.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF, OF, equiv. to blanc white (see blank ) + -et -et


blan⋅ket⋅less, adjective
blan⋅ket⋅like, adjective


4. cover, coat, mantle, overlay, coating.
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Main Entry: blan·ket
Function: adjective
1 : covering or affecting all members of a group or class <blanket health coverage>
2 : covering or affecting all situations blanket release of liability>
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