blanket sheet

plural blanket sheets

1. historicalA newspaper of folio size.

   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.

   1882, Brown & Holland Shorthand News, volume 1, page 116

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   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.

   2002, W. David Sloan, Lisa Mullikin Parcell, American Journalism: History, Principles, Practices, page 318

   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.

   2011, Juan Gonzalez, Joseph Torres, News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media