Rhyming Riddle 12

Here is today's riddle:

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I have a back without a spine;
Two arms but without bones are mine;
Three fourths of me a bed for sleep,
Three fourths of me a pet you keep.
Who am I?

clue:

My arms don't have hands.

clue:

A cot is a bed you sleep on.

clue:

A cat is a pet that you keep.

reveal/hide answer

A coat.

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I like the way this riddle combines two different types: there is the anatomical type, i.e. things that have what sound like human body parts — plus the spelling type, where you have to spell the word and count the number of the letters too! That means I used two different types of clues.

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