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covers

/ˈkʌvɚz/ noun A2
  1. The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc. · It's time to get under the covers!
  2. The area of the field near cover and extra cover.
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“How many covers?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 662 · C1
They don’t seem to have taken any very particular stock of him; but still the porter, the clerk, and the chambermaid are all agreed that this about covers the points.
The Valley of Fear, p. 75 · C1
Ruby Gillis smuggled three blue plums over to her during testament reading; Ella May MacPherson gave her an enormous yellow pansy cut from the covers of a floral catalogue--a species of desk decoration much prized in Avonlea school.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 127 · C1
When that cloud covers the moon I shall go to the terrace.
The Jungle Book, p. 52 · B2

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