blanket sheet
English
Noun
blanket sheet (plural blanket sheets)
- (historical) A newspaper of folio size.
- 1882, Brown & Holland Shorthand News (volume 1, page 116)
- A word as to the Missouri Republican itself. It was then a blanket sheet, just about large enough, in folio form, to cover a Christian family's bed.
- 2002, W. David Sloan, Lisa Mullikin Parcell, American Journalism: History, Principles, Practices (page 318)
- The introduction led to the development of even larger newspaper formats, up to “blanket sheets” of 30 inches or more in length and 24 inches in width. For a period of time, these blanket sheets were highly in vogue for newspaper printers who wished to boast of their success and technological superiority.
- 2011, Juan Gonzalez, Joseph Torres, News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media
- Articles in the blanket sheets were written by the editor himself or by his acquaintances, and the content was then supplemented with countless reprints from other newspapers.
- 1882, Brown & Holland Shorthand News (volume 1, page 116)
References
- “blanket sheet” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
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