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Word: coverlets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...party. And Miss Waroff's blocking did nothing to vary the continual re-introduction of a familiar joke. In a scene between Myrrhine, who is upholding chastity regulations, and Kinesias, her husband, the lady breaks off caresses and runs away for little extras--a bed, a coverlet, a pillow, perfume--that she insists they have before lying down. Each new errand should bring a laugh--except that Carla Barringer (Myrrhine) exits the same way each time...

Author: By Joel Demott, | Title: Lysistrata | 12/16/1967 | See Source »

...shoulders with the international smart set, the gay dog who would risk all on a turn of the card, there is the 'Monaco' with 'Sea Mist Polish Finish, interior richly lined in 600 Aqua Supreme Cheney velvet, magnificently quilted and shirred, with matching jumbo bolster and coverlet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: The Business of Dying | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

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