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bought a beautiful new coverlet to match the sheets
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The oysters Rockefeller was another sumptuous appetizer, with six plump bivalves happily buried beneath a coverlet of spinach and buttery sauce.
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The crowdfunding campaign has raised $3.5 million with 15 days to go, but now, a thorn: Health news site STAT started nosing around the $279 gray coverlet's bid to be something of a cure-all and found the science behind its assertions to be lacking.
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In particular, I was excited about the novelty’s disposable coverlets.
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In the master bedroom, the photograph is by Michael Dweck, the lamps and curtains are from IKEA, and the bed is dressed with Pottery Barn linens and a coverlet of African cloth.
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Origin and Etymology of coverlet
Middle English, alteration of coverlite, from Anglo-French coverlit, from covre (it) covers + lit bed, from Latin lectus — more at lie
coverlet Synonyms
Synonyms
bedcover (also bedcovering), bedspread, counterpane, hap [dialect], spreadRelated Words
comforter, puff, quilt; bedclothes, bedding, clothesCOVERLET Defined for English Language Learners
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