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Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
Spell : blang-kit |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblæŋ kɪt |
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Définition of blanket
Origin :- c.1300, "bed-clothing; white woolen stuff," from Old French blanchet "light wool or flannel cloth; an article made of this material," diminutive of blanc "white" (see blank (adj.), which had a secondary sense of "a white cloth." Wet blanket (1830) is from the notion of a person who throws a damper on social situations like a wet blanket smothers a fire. In U.S. history, a blanket Indian (1859) was one using the traditional garment instead of wearing Western dress.
- Only 26,000 blanket Indians are left in the United States. ["Atlantic Monthly," March 1906]
- adj comprehensive
- noun cover, covering
- verb cover
- "We called it the Stick-which-kills-flying," said the Indian, and hid it again under his blanket.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- In other words, and to be concrete, put these things in the car while I fold the blanket.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- She leaned forward, and with her closed fist, pounded the blanket before him.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Here, take my hunting shirt and cap, and give me your blanket and hat.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The cook fluttered about in his blanket, brandishing a saucepan.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- He looked back at Caius and pulled the blanket over his head.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- All the east was silver, and the darkness rolled back like a blanket.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- She inclined her head toward the blanket, which Dick had not noticed before.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Then he lifted the blanket, stepped into the dark, and let the curtain fall behind him.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Hagar shifted her blanket and thrust out a stubborn under lip.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
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