Crossword-Solution: COUNTERPANE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Counterpane | n. | A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures. |
| Counterpane | n. | A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart. |
We have 8 clues for the answer “COUNTERPANE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Use an analgesic | 1 answer |
| Bedcover | 3 answers |
| coverlid | 4 answers |
| bedspread | 9 answers |
| Coverlet | 15 answers |
| Quilt. | 21 answers |
| Quilting ___ | 22 answers |
| Afghan | 24 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COUNTERPANE (5)
Seated at his disorderly desk, caressed by a counterpane of drifting tobacco haze, he would pore over the manuscript, crossing out, interpolating, re-arguing, and then referring to volumes on his shelves.
She took him to a room above-stairs, and introduced him to a bed on which a magnified bolster, in yellow calico, figured as a counterpane.
The ocean blueness deepened its colour as it stretched to the foot of the crags, where it terminated in a fringe of white—silent at this distance, though moving and heaving like a counterpane upon a restless sleeper.
When she came to my bedside, she sat down, just where you are sitting, Diamond, and laid her hand on the counterpane.
McGurk will ever countenance the scandal if I stay two hours, and no orphan for a chaperon? It was in all good faith, Sandy, that I promised not to kiss your hand or drip tears on the counterpane, but I'm afraid I did both--or worse! Positively, I didn't suspect how much I cared for you till I crossed the threshold and saw you propped up against the pillows, all covered with bandages, and your hair singed off.
Quotes with COUNTERPANE (3)
This day is full of extraordinary things that you are missing. Wonderful sights, like the sun on your counterpane, the hairs on your cat's tail, the cracks in the paint on your radiator, the leaves piling up against the curve. Wonderful smells, wonderful sounds. Wonderful people. Wonderful opportunities. Today is wonderful. But perhaps you have lost your sense of wonder.
I am in awe of the perpetual tumult of the sea. I am moved by the still place on the horizon where the sky begins. I am stirred by the soaring and dipping fields that make the landscape into a rumpled green counterpane. I thought I would never have such powerful feelings again. I thought I would live through the rest of my life having experiences, and thoughts, but I never thought I would again feel deeply-- I was convinced that my wounds had healed and become thick scars, essentially numb.
You know this is wrong." It isn't a question. When he turns, White is still wrapped snug in the counterpane, motionless, just his gaze pursuing the doctor about the room. "I am wrong to do this." The doctor says it as if instructing himself. White says nothing. With a sigh, Archer sits on the edge of the bed, smoothing White's curls back from his forehead. "Do you know what we did last night?" To admit it, to speak out loud, seems in itself a terrible affront. It might be his…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1981).