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on the blanket

on the blanket prepositional phrase: wearing a blanket instead of prison clothes (as a protest by political prisoners who wanted to distinguish themselves from criminals).

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Ireland, UK, historical) Wearing a blanket instead of prison clothes (as a protest by political prisoners who wanted to distinguish themselves from criminals).

Questions about on the blanket

What does on the blanket mean?
On the blanket means wearing a blanket instead of prison clothes (as a protest by political prisoners who wanted to distinguish themselves from criminals).
What part of speech is on the blanket?
On the blanket is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the blanket in the dictionary

  1. on the batter
  2. on the beach
  3. on the beat
  4. on the bench
  5. on the bias
  6. on the blanket
  7. on the blink
  8. on the blob
  9. on the block
  10. on the boil
  11. on the boob

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